Western Australian Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 35

35 .         Consultation under s. 32 or 33, Commissioner may waive

        (1)         The agency may apply to the Commissioner for approval to make its decision on whether to give access to a document without complying with section 32 or 33, and the Commissioner may give approval on being satisfied that —

            (a)         it would be unreasonable to require the views of third parties to be obtained having regard to the number of third parties that would have to be consulted; and

            (b)         the document does not contain matter that is exempt matter under clause 3 or 4 of Schedule 1.

        (2)         The agency may proceed in accordance with approval given under subsection (1).