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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (DOCUMENT REVIEW TRIBUNAL) REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1994 NO. 433

Statutory Rules 1994 No. 433

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Justice

Freedom of Information Act 1982

Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations (Repeal)

These Regulations made under section 94 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) repeal the Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations (the Regulations).

Section 94 of the FOI Act empowers the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

The Regulations became redundant when Part VII of the FOI Act was repealed in 1983. Part VII provided for the establishment and procedure of the Document Review Tribunal (the Tribunal). The Regulations supplemented Part VII by, amongst other things, adapting provisions of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 for the purposes of the Tribunal.

The role of Tribunal is now performed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Regulations are no longer required.

The Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations (Repeal) commenced on the date the Regulations were notified in the Gazette.