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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 61O

Information Commissioner may conduct investigation

    (1)     The Information Commissioner may, on the Commissioner's own motion, conduct an investigation in respect of—

        (a)     the performance or exercise of a function or obligation, under this Act, by an agency or principal officer; or

        (b)     the failure to perform or exercise a function or obligation, under this Act, by an agency or principal officer; or

        (c)     the purported performance or purported exercise of a function or obligation, under this Act, by an agency or principal officer.

    (2)     The Information Commissioner may not conduct an investigation in respect of—

        (a)     any action taken or a failure to take an action by—

              (i)     a Minister; or

              (ii)     a person employed as a Ministerial officer under Part 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ; or

        (b)     any action taken or a failure to take an action by an agency or principal officer, in the performance or purported performance of a Minister's functions or obligations under this Act.

S. 61P inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 66.



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