Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) An agency which, or a Minister who, receives a request may defer the provision of access to the document concerned if the document has been prepared—
(a) for presentation to the Parliament;
S. 24(1)(aa) inserted by No. 58/1993 s. 19(2)(a).
(aa) for presentation to a council;
(b) for release to the Press; or
S. 24(1)(c) amended by No. 58/1993 s. 19(2)(b).
(c) solely for inclusion, in the same or in an amended form, in a document to be prepared for a purpose specified in paragraph (a), (aa) or (b)—
and the document is yet to be presented or released, or included in a document to be presented or released, as the case may be.
(2) Where the provision of access to a document is deferred in accordance with subsection (1), the agency or Minister shall, in informing the applicant of the reasons for the decision, indicate, as far as practicable, the period for which the deferment will operate.
S. 24A inserted by No. 58/1993 s. 8.