Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 No. 3 of 1982 - SECT 54

54. (1) Where a decision has been made, in relation to a request to an agency,
otherwise than by the responsible Minister or principal officer of the agency,
being -

   (a)  a decision in relation to the provision of access to a document that
        is
the subject of the request; or

   (b)  a decision that the applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect of
        the
request for access to a document or in respect of the provision of access
to a document to which the request relates, the applicant may, within 28 days
after the day on which that decision is notified to him or within such further
period as the principal officer of the agency allows, apply to the
principal officer of the agency for a review of the decision in accordance
with this section.

(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where an application for a review of a
decision is made to the principal officer in accordance with sub-section (1),
he shall forthwith arrange for himself or a person (not being the person who
made the decision) authorized by him to conduct such reviews to review the
decision and make a fresh decision.

(3) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to -

   (a)  a decision made on a review under this section; or

   (b)  a decision in relation to the provision of access to a document upon a
request that is, under sub-section 56 (1) or (3), to be deemed to have
been given.

(4) The provisions of section 26 extend to a decision made under this section
upon a review of a decision in relation to the provision of access to a
document that is the subject of a request.