Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2016 - SECT 74

    (1)     An application for ombudsman review must be made within—

        (a)     20 working days after—

              (i)     the day notice of the decision was published in the disclosure log; or

              (ii)     for a decision in relation to an access application for personal information—the day the respondent gave the applicant a decision notice in relation to the application under section 51; or

              (iii)     for a deemed decision—the day the decision was taken to have been made; or

              (iv)     for a decision to make open access information available—the day the information was published; or

              (v)     for a decision not to make open access information available because it is contrary to the public interest information—the day the matters under section 24 (2) were published; or

        (b)     any longer period allowed by the ombudsman.

Note 1     If a form is approved under s 108 for an application, the form must be used.

Note 2     The ombudsman may extend the period even if it has ended (see Legislation Act

, s 151C).

    (2)     In this section:

"deemed decision "means a decision taken to have been made under section 39 (1) (a) (Deciding access—decision not made in time taken to be refusal to give access).