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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 111

111 .         Annual report to Parliament

        (1)         As soon as practicable after 30 June in each year the Commissioner is to submit a report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the President of the Legislative Council on the operation of this Act and the operations of the Commissioner during the year ending on that day (30 June).

        (2)         The report is to include in relation to each agency —

            (a)         the number of access applications received and dealt with; and

            (b)         the number of decisions to —

                  (i)         give access to documents;

                  (ii)         give access to edited copies of documents;

                  (iii)         defer giving access to documents;

                  (iv)         give access to a document in the manner referred to in section 28;

                  (v)         refuse access to documents;

                and

            (c)         the number of times each of the clauses in Schedule 1 was used to characterize documents as exempt documents; and

            (d)         the number of applications for internal review under Part 2 and the results of the reviews; and

            (e)         the number of applications for amendment of personal information received and dealt with; and

            (f)         the number of decisions —

                  (i)         to amend personal information in accordance with an application;

                  (ii)         not to amend personal information in accordance with an application;

                and

            (g)         the number of applications for internal review under Part 3 and the results of the reviews; and

            (h)         the number of complaints made to the Commissioner and the results of the complaints; and

                  (i)         the number of other applications made to the Commissioner and the results of those applications; and

            (j)         the number of appeals to the Supreme Court and the results of those appeals; and

            (k)         the amounts of fees and charges collected and details of fees and charges that were reduced or waived; and

            (l)         such other information as is prescribed.

        (3)         Each agency has to —

            (a)         provide the Commissioner with such information as the Commissioner requires for the purpose of preparation of a report under this section; and

            (b)         comply with any prescribed requirements concerning the providing of that information and the keeping of records for the purposes of this section.

        (4)         The Commissioner has to include in the report any recommendations of the Commissioner as to legislative or administrative changes that could be made to help the objects of this Act to be achieved.

        (5)         The Speaker or the President has to cause a copy of a report submitted by the Commissioner to be laid before the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council, as the case may be, within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is submitted.



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