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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 49B

Time for applying for review

S. 49B(1) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 22(1).

    (1)     Subject to this section, an application by a person to the Information Commissioner for review of a decision under this Division must be made within 28 days after the day on which notice in writing of the decision is given to the person.

    (2)     If the application for review relates to a decision to refuse to grant a person access to a document containing health information on the ground referred to in section 36 of the Health Records Act 2001 , the application must be made within 70 days after the day on which notice in writing of the decision is given to the person.

S. 49B(3) inserted by No. 59/2014 s. 10, amended by No. 20/2017 s. 22.

    (3)     The Information Commissioner may accept an application for review made outside the period referred to in subsection (1) or (2) if satisfied that the application is made out of time because of an act or omission of the agency or Minister concerned.

S. 49C inserted by No. 6/2012 s. 13.



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