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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 6W

Compliance with professional standards

    (1)     Subject to subsection (3), the principal officer of an agency and any officer or employee of the agency concerned in the operation of this Act must comply with professional standards in performing the officer's or employee's functions under this Act.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), the principal officer of an agency must ensure that any officer or employee of the agency concerned in the operation of this Act complies with any professional standards in performing the officer's or employee's functions under this Act.

    (3)     Professional standards do not apply to a principal officer, officer or employee of an agency in making decisions in respect of requests made to a Minister, except as provided under section 6Y.

    (4)     A principal officer must ensure that all officers and employees of the agency are informed about the requirements of the professional standards.

S. 6X inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 7.



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