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sec.8Amount of access charge— Act , s 57
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### sec.8 Amount of access charge— Act , s 57
For section 57 of the Act , the charge in relation to giving access to a document is the total of—
the actual cost incurred by the agency or Minister for any of the following—
any engagement of another entity to search for and retrieve the document;
any relocation of the document necessary to allow access to be given to the document;
A document may be transported from Cairns to Brisbane to give access to an applicant who lives in Brisbane.
any written transcript of the words recorded or contained in a document mentioned in section 68 (1) (d) of the Act ;
any creation of a written document mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) of the Act ;
otherwise giving access to the document (except by giving the applicant a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size), including, for example, by the reproduction of the document; and
a fee payable for copying an X-ray
a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
if the applicant is given a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size—0.25 fee units for each page.
The charge calculated under subsection (1) for a document must not include the cost of—
if access to the document is given by emailing the document to the applicant—the email; or
if access to the document is given by giving the document to the applicant on a disc—the disc.
(sec.8-ssec.1) For section 57 of the Act , the charge in relation to giving access to a document is the total of— the actual cost incurred by the agency or Minister for any of the following— any engagement of another entity to search for and retrieve the document; any relocation of the document necessary to allow access to be given to the document; A document may be transported from Cairns to Brisbane to give access to an applicant who lives in Brisbane. any written transcript of the words recorded or contained in a document mentioned in section 68 (1) (d) of the Act ; any creation of a written document mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) of the Act ; otherwise giving access to the document (except by giving the applicant a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size), including, for example, by the reproduction of the document; and a fee payable for copying an X-ray a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software if the applicant is given a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size—0.25 fee units for each page.
(sec.8-ssec.2) The charge calculated under subsection (1) for a document must not include the cost of— if access to the document is given by emailing the document to the applicant—the email; or if access to the document is given by giving the document to the applicant on a disc—the disc.
- (a) the actual cost incurred by the agency or Minister for any of the following— (i) any engagement of another entity to search for and retrieve the document; (ii) any relocation of the document necessary to allow access to be given to the document; Example— A document may be transported from Cairns to Brisbane to give access to an applicant who lives in Brisbane. (iii) any written transcript of the words recorded or contained in a document mentioned in section 68 (1) (d) of the Act ; (iv) any creation of a written document mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) of the Act ; (v) otherwise giving access to the document (except by giving the applicant a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size), including, for example, by the reproduction of the document; and Examples for subparagraph (v) — • a fee payable for copying an X-ray • a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
- (i) any engagement of another entity to search for and retrieve the document;
- (ii) any relocation of the document necessary to allow access to be given to the document; Example— A document may be transported from Cairns to Brisbane to give access to an applicant who lives in Brisbane.
- (iii) any written transcript of the words recorded or contained in a document mentioned in section 68 (1) (d) of the Act ;
- (iv) any creation of a written document mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) of the Act ;
- (v) otherwise giving access to the document (except by giving the applicant a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size), including, for example, by the reproduction of the document; and Examples for subparagraph (v) — • a fee payable for copying an X-ray • a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
- • a fee payable for copying an X-ray
- • a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
- (b) if the applicant is given a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size—0.25 fee units for each page.
- (i) any engagement of another entity to search for and retrieve the document;
- (ii) any relocation of the document necessary to allow access to be given to the document; Example— A document may be transported from Cairns to Brisbane to give access to an applicant who lives in Brisbane.
- (iii) any written transcript of the words recorded or contained in a document mentioned in section 68 (1) (d) of the Act ;
- (iv) any creation of a written document mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) of the Act ;
- (v) otherwise giving access to the document (except by giving the applicant a black-and-white copy of the document in A4 size), including, for example, by the reproduction of the document; and Examples for subparagraph (v) — • a fee payable for copying an X-ray • a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
- • a fee payable for copying an X-ray
- • a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
- • a fee payable for copying an X-ray
- • a fee payable for reproducing a duplicate document created using licensed software
- (a) if access to the document is given by emailing the document to the applicant—the email; or
- (b) if access to the document is given by giving the document to the applicant on a disc—the disc.