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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - NOTES

- As at 6 May 2025 - Act 52 of 2009

Note to Division 5

Any exception under this Division from the requirement to include information about or a copy of a contract on a government contracts register does not of itself constitute grounds for refusing an access application.

Does not include amendments by--

Passenger Transport Act 2014 No 46 (not commenced)

See also--

Identity Protection and Recovery Bill 2025

Historical notes

See also the Government Information (Information Commissioner) Act 2009 and the Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009.

Table of amending instruments

Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 No 52. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (247) LW 18.6.2010. This Act has been amended by sec 132 (5) and as follows--

2009 No 102 Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Act 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009.
Date of commencement, 24.9.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (542) LW 24.9.2010.
No 106 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2).
2010 No 28 Coroners Amendment (Domestic Violence Death Review Team) Act 2010. Assented to 9.6.2010.
Date of commencement, 16.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (371) LW 16.7.2010.
No 34 Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
No 71 Privacy and Government Information Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.9.2010.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (657) LW 3.12.2010.
No 83 Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2010. Assented to 1.11.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, 25.1.2011, sec 2 (2).
No 84 Protected Disclosures Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures) Act 2010. Assented to 1.11.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.3.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (121) LW 3.3.2011.
No 102 Surrogacy Act 2010. Assented to 16.11.2010.
Date of commencement, 1.3.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (49) LW 11.2.2011.
No 126 Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Further Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2011 No 72 Clubs, Liquor and Gaming Machines Legislation Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 28.11.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.5, 1.3.2012, sec 2 (1) and 2012 (64) LW 1.3.2012.
2012 No 7 Government Information (Public Access) Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 19.3.2012.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 40 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 21.6.2012.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 43 Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment (Procurement of Goods and Services) Act 2012. Assented to 22.6.2012.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (306) LW 29.6.2012.
No 55 Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2012. Assented to 21.8.2012.
Date of commencement, 30.8.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (472) LW 30.8.2013.
No 60 Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 10.9.2012.
Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 82 Rail Safety (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012. Assented to 29.10.2012.
Date of commencement, 20.1.2013, sec 2 (1) and 2012 (646) LW 21.12.2012.
No 95 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2012. Assented to 21.11.2012.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 4.1.2013, sec 2 (1).
2013 No 22 Small Business Commissioner Act 2013. Assented to 7.5.2013.
Date of commencement, 18.9.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (542) LW 18.9.2013.
No 37 Victims Rights and Support Act 2013. Assented to 3.6.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 38 Courts and Other Miscellaneous Legislation Amendment Act 2013. Assented to 21.6.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 40 Government Sector Employment Act 2013. Assented to 25.6.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.3, 24.2.2014, sec 2 and 2013 (631) LW 8.11.2013.
No 41 Members of Parliament Staff Act 2013. Assented to 25.6.2013.
Date of commencement, 24.2.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (56) LW 20.2.2014.
No 95 Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.69, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1).
2014 No 5 Bail (Consequential Amendments) Act 2014. Assented to 12.3.2014.
Date of commencement, 20.5.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (235) LW 24.4.2014.
No 30 Electoral and Lobbying Legislation Amendment (Electoral Commission) Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014.
Date of commencement, 1.12.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (744) LW 28.11.2014.
No 33 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.8, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1).
2015 No 5 Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015. Assented to 4.6.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 67 Courts and Other Justice Portfolio Legislation Amendment Act 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.11, assent, sec 2 (1).
2016 No 46 Land and Property Information NSW (Authorised Transaction) Act 2016. Assented to 28.9.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 19.5.2017, sec 2 (2) and 2017 (96) LW 24.3.2017.
No 61 Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016. Assented to 14.11.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.22, 1.7.2017, sec 2 (1) and 2017 (256) LW 16.6.2017.
2017 No 63 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2017. Assented to 23.11.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1).
No 65 Local Government Amendment (Regional Joint Organisations) Act 2017. Assented to 30.11.2017.
Date of commencement, 15.12.2017, sec 2 and 2017 (730) LW 15.12.2017.
No 66 Electoral Act 2017. Assented to 30.11.2017.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (302) LW 29.6.2018.
No 68 Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017. Assented to 30.11.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.12, 6.12.2017, sec 2 (1) and (2) and 2017 (678) LW 1.12.2017.
2018 No 2 Health Legislation Amendment Act 2018. Assented to 20.2.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 7, 14.12.2020, sec 2(2) and 2020 (661) LW 13.11.2020.
No 29 Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2018. Assented to 21.6.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 70 Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.40, 1.7.2023, sec 2(1) and 2023 (91) LW 2.3.2023.
No 85 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Amendment (Victims) Act 2018. Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 7.1.2019, sec 2 (2) and 2018 (750) LW 14.12.2018.
No 89 Government Information (Public Access) Amendment Act 2018. Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2019 No 7 Ageing and Disability Commissioner Act 2019. Assented to 25.6.2019.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 1.7.2019, sec 2 (1).
No 25 Children's Guardian Act 2019. Assented to 4.12.2019.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.21, 1.3.2020, sec 2(1).
2020 No 12 Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020. Assented to 23.6.2020.
Date of commencement, 27.3.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (116) LW 19.3.2021.
No 32 Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 9.3, assent, sec 2(1).
2022 No 1 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2022. Assented to 4.3.2022.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 14 Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022. Assented to 13.4.2022.
Date of commencement, 1.10.2023, sec 2 and 2023 (11) LW 20.1.2023.
No 36 Casino Legislation Amendment Act 2022. Assented to 19.8.2022.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 5.9.2022, sec 2(b).
No 74 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Act 2022. Assented to 28.11.2022.
Date of commencement, 1st anniversary after assent (i.e. 28.11.2023), sec 2.
2023 No 1 Government Sector Finance Amendment (Grants) Act 2023. Assented to 31.5.2023.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2023, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 4 Am 2013 No 41, Sch 3.2; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.8 [1]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 6 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [1]; 2023 No 1, Sch 2[1] [2].
Sec 14 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 18 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [2].
Part 3, Div 2, heading Subst 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 20 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [2]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [2] [3].
Sec 21 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 22 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [2] [4].
Sec 26 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [5] [6].
Sec 27 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [7]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [4].
Secs 33, 34 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 36 Am 2012 No 43, Sch 3.1.
Sec 38 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 41 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [6]-[9].
Sec 44 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 51 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [11] [12].
Sec 51A Ins 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 52 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 54 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [12]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 54A Ins 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 55 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [13]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 56 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [14]-[18]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [16] [17].
Sec 59 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [18] [19].
Sec 60 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [19]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [20] [21].
Sec 63 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [22].
Sec 64 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 68 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 79 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 80 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 82 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [22]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [1].
Sec 85 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [25].
Sec 86 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [26].
Sec 89 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 90 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 92A Ins 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 93 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [25].
Sec 94 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [2]; 2012 No 60, Sch 8.
Sec 97 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 98 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [2].
Sec 99 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [3].
Part 5, Div 4, heading Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [4].
Sec 100 Subst 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [5]. Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 101 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [26] [27]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6].
Sec 102 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6].
Sec 103 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6] [7].
Sec 104 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [3]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6].
Sec 105 Am 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 106 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [28]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6].
Secs 107-109 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6].
Sec 110 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [31]-[33].
Sec 111 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6].
Sec 112 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [6]. Subst 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [34].
Sec 112A Ins 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [8].
Sec 125 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [29]; 2018 No 70, Sch 4.40[1] [2]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [35].
Sec 126 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 127 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 128 Am 2009 No 106, Sch 4.18.
Sec 129 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [4]; 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 130 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [5] [6].
Sec 131 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [7].
Sch 1 Am 2009 No 102, Sch 6.2; 2010 No 83, Sch 1.1; 2010 No 84, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 102, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 126, Sch 3 [1]; 2011 No 72, Sch 5.5; 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [32] [33]; 2012 No 40, Sch 2; 2012 No 82, Sch 2.6 [1]-[3]; 2013 No 22, Sch 1.1; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.20; 2015 No 5, Sch 8.14; 2015 No 67, Sch 1.11; 2016 No 46, Sch 4.3; 2016 No 61, Sch 6.22 [1] [2]; 2017 No 63, Sch 1.9 [1]-[3]; 2017 No 66, Sch 8.12 [1]; 2018 No 29, Sch 1.13; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [36]-[45]; 2018 No 2, Sch 7; 2022 No 1, Sch 3.1; 2022 No 14, Sch 8.9; 2022 No 74, Sch 2.2[1].
Sch 2 Am 2010 No 28, Sch 2.2; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.20; 2010 No 126, Sch 3 [2]; 2012 No 55, Sch 3.6; 2012 No 95, Sch 2.12 [1] [2]; 2013 No 37, Sch 3.10; 2013 No 38, Sch 1.6; 2013 No 40, Sch 6.3; 2014 No 30, Sch 4.2; 2016 No 61, Sch 6.22 [3] [4]; 2017 No 66, Sch 8.12 [2]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.12; 2018 No 85, Sch 4; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [46]-[49]; 2019 No 7, Sch 1.3; 2019 No 25, Sch 5.21[1]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.14; 2020 No 32, Sch 9.3; 2022 No 36, Sch 3.2; 2022 No 74, Sch 2.2[2].
Sch 3 Am 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [34] [35]; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [50] [51].
Sch 4 Am 2010 No 71, Sch 3 [8]; 2012 No 7, Sch 1 [36]-[38]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.69 [9]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.8 [2]; 2017 No 65, Sch 2.11; 2018 No 89, Sch 1 [52]-[55]; 2019 No 25, Sch 5.21[2].
Sch 5 Rep 2009 No 52, sec 132 (5).


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