Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If the agency does
not hold the requested documents but knows, or has reasonable grounds to
believe, that the documents are held by another agency (other than an exempt
agency), the agency has to transfer the access application to the other
agency.
(2) If the agency
holds the requested documents but the documents originated with or were
received from another agency (other than an exempt agency), and are more
closely related to the functions of that other agency, the agency may transfer
the access application to that other agency together with copies of the
documents.
(3) The transferring
agency has to give the applicant written notice of the transfer without delay.
(4) The notice has to
clearly state the day on which, and the agency to which, the access
application was transferred.
(5) The agency to
which the access application is transferred, or partially transferred, is to
be regarded as having received the application on the day on which it was
received by the transferring agency.
(6) The agency to
which the access application is transferred under subsection (2) is required
to make decisions as to access in respect of the documents of which it
receives copies but not in respect of other documents that it holds which may
fall within the scope of the documents requested in the original application.
(7) If subsection (1)
or (2) applies to one or more but not all of the requested documents the
agency is authorised to make a partial transfer under this section as if a
separate access application had been made in respect of the document or
documents to which the relevant subsection applies.
(8) If the agency
holds the requested documents but the documents originated with or were
received from an exempt agency, the agency has to notify the exempt agency
that the access application has been made.