(1) An agency (other
than a Minister or an exempt agency) has to cause copies of —
(a) its
most up-to-date information statement; and
(b) each
of its internal manuals,
to be made available
for inspection and purchase by members of the public but may delete any exempt
matter from those copies.
(2) An agency has to
provide a copy of its information statement to the Commissioner as soon as is
practicable after the statement is published under section 96.
(3) A subcontractor
does not have to comply with subsections (1) and (2) if the relevant
contractor has complied with those subsections on behalf of the subcontractor.
[Section 97 amended: No. 47 of 1999 s. 14.]