Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2016 - SECT 96

    (1)     The principal officer of an agency must, for each financial year, prepare a report on the operation of this Act in relation to the agency during the year (an agency annual report ).

    (2)     Each Minister must, for each financial year—

        (a)     prepare a report on the operation of this Act in relation to the Minister during the year (the Minister's annual report ); and

        (b)     present the Minister's annual report and the agency annual report of each agency the Minister is responsible for, to the Legislative Assembly when the report for the agency under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004

must be presented to the Assembly.

    (3)     An agency annual report and a Minister's annual report must set out particulars of the operations of the agency or Minister under this Act during the year, including—

        (a)     the number of each of the following:

              (i)     decisions to publish open access information under section 24 (1);

              (ii)     decisions not to publish open access information under section 24 (1);

              (iii)     decisions under section 24 (2) (a) not to publish a description of open access information not made available;

              (iv)     access applications received;

              (v)     access applications decided within the time to decide under section 40 ;

              (vi)     access applications not decided within the time to decide under section 40;

              (vii)     access applications where access to all information requested was given;

              (viii)     access applications where access to only some of the information requested was given;

              (ix)     access applications where access to the information requested was refused;

              (x)     requests made to amend personal information under section 59; and

        (b)     the number of applications made to the ombudsman under section 74 and particulars of the results of the applications; and

        (c)     the number of applications made to the ACAT under section 84 and particulars of the results of the applications; and

        (d)     for each access application mentioned in subsection (3) (a) (vi)—the number of days taken to decide the application over the time to decide under section 40; and

        (e)     for each request to amend personal information mentioned in subsection (3) (a) (x)—the decision made under section 61; and

        (f)     the total charges and application fees collected from access applications.