Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2016 - SECT 97

    (1)     If an agency or Minister responsible for government information is required under a territory law to publish the information or make it publicly available, the agency or Minister must (in addition to any other requirement under that law)—

        (a)     publish the information on a website under its control, or include on the website a link to another website where the information is published; and

        (b)     make a hard copy of the information available for public inspection on request and without charge during ordinary working hours at the agency's or Minister's place of business.

    (2)     The agency or Minister must as far as practicable publish the information—

        (a)     either—

              (i)     in a way that complies with the web content accessibility guidelines, level AA; or

Note     The guidelines are accessible at www.w3.org

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              (ii)     if another way is prescribed by regulation—in that way; and

        (b)     in a form that provides at least the same range of functions to the user of the information as was available to the agency or Minister before the information was published.

Examples—par (b)

1     electronically searchable text document

2     unsecured text document that allows a user to copy and paste from the document

Note     This Act does not affect the operation of another law requiring disclosure (see s 11).