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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 51

Information Commissioner may be called on to assist Tribunal

S. 51(1) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 43(3)(a).

    (1)     The Tribunal, on its own motion or on the application of the Information Commissioner, may call on the Commissioner to assist the Tribunal in respect of a review.

S. 51(1A) inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 43(2).

    (1A)     If a review under section 50 relates to a decision made by the Public Access Deputy Commissioner, the Tribunal, on its own motion or on the application of the Deputy Commissioner, may call on the Deputy Commissioner to assist the Tribunal in respect of the review.

S. 51(2) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 43(3)(a) [1] .

    (2)     Despite anything to the contrary in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 , the Information Commissioner is not and cannot be joined as a party to a review under section 50 unless it is a review of a decision of the Information Commissioner as the principal officer of the office of the Information Commissioner.

S. 51A inserted by No. 2/2001 s. 102, repealed by No. 6/2012 s. 17.

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S. 52 amended by Nos 10155 s. 67(1)(g), 52/1998
s. 311(Sch. 1 item 32.2), 2/2001 s. 101(1)(h), substituted by No. 6/2012 s. 18.



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