Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A person who wishes to obtain access to a document of an agency or an official document of a Minister shall make a request in writing to the agency or Minister as the case requires for access to the document.
(2) A request shall provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister, as the case may be, to identify the document.
S. 17(2A) inserted by No. 58/1993 s. 6, amended by No. 10/2004 s. 15(Sch. 1 item 9).
(2A) A request must be accompanied by a fee of 2 fee units.
S. 17(2B) inserted by No. 58/1993 s. 6.
(2B) An application fee may be waived or reduced, whether or not the fee has been paid, if the payment of the fee would cause hardship to the applicant.
(3) It is the duty of an agency or Minister, as the case may be, to assist a person who wishes to make a request, or has made a request that does not comply with this section or has not been directed to the appropriate agency or Minister, to make a request in a manner that complies with this section or to direct a request to the appropriate agency or Minister.
(4) Where a request in writing is made to an agency or Minister for access to a document, the agency or Minister, as the case may be, shall not refuse to comply with the request on the ground that the request does not comply with subsection (2), without first giving the applicant a reasonable opportunity of consultation with the agency with a view to the making of a request in a form that does comply with that subsection.