Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT 2007 (NO. 8 OF 2007) - SECT 29

    (1)     For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 (the FOI Act ), a document is an exempt document if—

        (a)     the document is in the possession of the housing commissioner; and

        (b)     its disclosure under the FOI Act would involve the disclosure of protected information.

    (2)     However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a request under either of the following sections of the FOI Act if the request is made by a person to whom the document relates:

        (a)     section 14 (Requests for access);

        (b)     section 48 (Persons may make application for amendment of records).

    (3)     To remove any doubt, subsection (1) is additional to, and does not limit, the operation of the FOI Act, part 4 (Exempt documents).