VICIn ForceAct
Serious Offenders Act 2018
289Exemption from Freedom of Information Act 1982
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 289
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Serious Offenders Act 2018.
289 Exemption from Freedom of Information Act 1982
(1) The **Freedom of Information Act 1982** does not apply to a document of the Authority to the extent to which the document discloses information that relates to—
(a) a victim of an offender, including any victim submission made under this Act; or
(b) a person in relation to the person being, or having been, an eligible offender or subject to a supervision order, an interim supervision order, a detention order, an interim detention order or an emergency detention order; or
(c) a proceeding under this Act that is or was before a court; or
(d) a decision of the Authority; or
(e) the decision-making processes of the Authority in relation to a particular matter; or
(f) a supervision order, an interim supervision order, a detention order, an interim detention order or an emergency detention order in respect of an offender and, in the case of a supervision order or an interim supervision order, any condition to which the order is subject; or
(g) any directions or instructions given under this Act to an offender; or
(h) the location, operation or administration of a residential facility or the management of offenders at a residential facility; or
(i) the location, operation or administration
of a residential treatment facility or the management of offenders at a residential treatment facility; or
(j) the management under the **Corrections Act 1986** of an offender subject to a detention order, an interim detention order oran emergency detention order; or
(k) the management of an offender subject to a supervision order or an interim supervision order; or
(l) any other information prohibited from disclosure under this Part, unless that information is permitted to be disclosed by a publication order made by a court under section 278.
(2) Nothing in this section limits or affects the operation of Part IV of the **Freedom of Information Act 1982** in relation to documents of the Authority to which that Act applies.
***document*** has the same meaning as in the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**;
***document of the Authority*** has the same meaning as ***document of an agency*** or ***document of the agency*** in the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**.
S. 289A inserted by No. 45/2019 s. 15.