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Government Information (Public
Access) (Consequential Amendments
and Repeal) Bill 2009
No , 2009
A Bill for
An Act to amend various laws as a consequence of the enactment of the Government
Information (Public Access) Act 2009; to repeal the Freedom of Information Act
1989; and for other purposes.
Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and
Clause 1 Repeal) Bill 2009
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Government Information (Public Access) 3
(Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009. 4
2 Commencement 5
(1) This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. 6
(2) An amendment made by Schedule 2.15 to an uncommenced provision 7
of the Education Act 1990 does not have effect until the commencement 8
of the provision being amended. 9
3 Repeal of Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5 10
The Freedom of Information Act 1989 is repealed. 11
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Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Freedom of Information 1
Act 1989 No 5 2
[1] Part 4 Amendment of records 3
Transfer the Part to the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 4
(with the following amendments) after Part 6 as Part 6A of that Act with 5
sections numbered consecutively starting from section 59A and with 6
cross-references to sections of that Part in those transferred provisions 7
renumbered accordingly. 8
[2] Part 4, Division 1, heading 9
Omit the heading. 10
[3] Section 38A 11
Insert before section 39: 12
38A Interpretation 13
(1) In this Part: 14
GIPA Act means the Government Information (Public Access) 15
Act 2009. 16
(2) Words and expressions used in this Part that are defined in the 17
GIPA Act have the same meanings as in that Act. 18
[4] Section 39 Right to apply for amendment of agencies' records 19
Omit "an agency's document". Insert instead "a record held by an agency". 20
[5] Section 39 (a) 21
Omit "document". Insert instead "record". 22
[6] Section 40 Applications for amendment of agencies' records 23
Omit "agency's document" from section 40 (c). 24
Insert instead "record held by the agency". 25
[7] Section 40 (d) and (e) 26
Omit "document", wherever occurring. Insert instead "record". 27
[8] Section 42 Incomplete applications 28
Omit "agency's document". Insert instead "record held by the agency". 29
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Schedule 1 Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5
[9] Section 45 Notices of determination 1
Omit section 45 (2) (b) (iv). Insert instead: 2
(iv) the rights of review under the GIPA Act conferred 3
by this Part in relation to the determination, and 4
[10] Section 45 (3) 5
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 6
(3) An agency is not required to include in a notice any matter that is 7
of such a nature that its inclusion in the notice would result in the 8
disclosure of information for which there is an overriding public 9
interest against disclosure. 10
[11] Section 47 11
Omit Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 4. Insert instead: 12
47 Right of review under GIPA Act 13
A person who is aggrieved by a determination of an agency under 14
this Part is entitled to a review of the determination under Part 5 15
of the GIPA Act as if the determination were a reviewable 16
decision under that Part. 17
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation 1
2.1 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 No 42 2
Section 248 Aboriginal Land Councils to be public authorities etc for 3
certain purposes 4
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989". 5
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 6
2.2 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 No 76 7
[1] Section 58 Duty of administrator to lodge material documents with 8
Tribunal where decision reviewed 9
Omit "(Application of Act to exempt documents under Freedom of 10
Information Act 1989)" from section 58 (7) (c). 11
Insert instead "(Effect of Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009)". 12
[2] Section 124 13
Omit the section. Insert instead: 14
124 Effect of Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 15
(1) General rule 16
Except as provided by this section, nothing in this Act requires or 17
authorises any person or body to disclose information to another 18
person or body if there is an overriding public interest against the 19
disclosure of the information under the Government Information 20
(Public Access) Act 2009. 21
(2) Disclosure to person or body other than Tribunal 22
The provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) 23
Act 2009 continue to apply to the disclosure of information to any 24
person or body other than to the Tribunal as if this Act had not 25
been enacted. 26
(3) Disclosure to Tribunal 27
If a provision of this Act requires or authorises any person or 28
body to disclose information to the Tribunal in relation to any 29
proceedings before it and there is an overriding public interest 30
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation
against the disclosure of the information under the Government 1
Information (Public Access) Act 2009: 2
(a) the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 3
does not prevent the disclosure of the information to the 4
Tribunal, and 5
(b) the Tribunal is to do all things necessary to ensure that the 6
information is not disclosed to any person other than a 7
member of the Tribunal as constituted for the purpose of 8
the proceedings unless the person or body disclosing the 9
information to the Tribunal consents to the further 10
disclosure. 11
(4) Certificates by Director-General or Deputy Director-General 12
(General Counsel) of the Department of Premier and Cabinet 13
concerning Cabinet information 14
The Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General 15
Counsel) of the Department of Premier and Cabinet may certify 16
that information is Cabinet information. Any such certificate: 17
(a) is conclusive of that fact, and 18
(b) authorises any person who would otherwise be required 19
under this Act to lodge a document containing that 20
information with (or disclose the information to) the 21
Tribunal to refuse to lodge the document with (or disclose 22
the information to) the Tribunal. 23
(5) Definitions 24
In this section: 25
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 26
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 27
Act 2009. 28
disclose has the same meaning as it has in the Government 29
Information (Public Access) Act 2009. 30
[3] Schedule 2 Composition and functions of Divisions 31
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from clause 2 (1) of Part 4. 32
[4] Schedule 2, Part 4, clause 2 (1) 33
Insert in alphabetical order: 34
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 35
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
[5] Schedule 2, Part 4, clause 5 1
Omit the clause. Insert instead: 2
5 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (Reviewable 3
decisions and other functions) 4
Applications made under Division 4 of Part 5 of the Government 5
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 are to be determined by 6
1 Division member of the General Division of the Tribunal who 7
is a judicial member. 8
2.3 Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 No 156 9
Section 6 Inclusion of other reports in annual reports 10
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 6 (2). 11
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 12
2.4 Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 2005 13
Schedule 1 Report of operations 14
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from Column 2 in the matter 15
relating to "Land disposal". 16
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 17
2.5 Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 No 87 18
Section 5A Inclusion of other reports in annual reports 19
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 5A (2). 20
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 21
2.6 Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulation 2005 22
Schedule 1 Report of operations 23
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from Column 2 in the matter 24
relating to "Land disposal". 25
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 26
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation
2.7 Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority Act 2007 1
No 91 2
Section 17 Secrecy 3
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 17 (8). 4
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 5
2.8 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 6
No 157 7
[1] Section 14 Records relating to Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders 8
Omit section 14 (3). 9
[2] Section 29 Protection of persons who make reports or provide certain 10
information 11
Omit section 29 (5). 12
2.9 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 No 129 13
Section 207 Disclosure of information 14
Omit "the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 207 (d). 15
Insert instead "a requirement imposed under the Government Information 16
(Public Access) Act 2009". 17
2.10 Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 No 146 18
[1] Section 22 Exemptions for Cabinet information and other privileged 19
material 20
Omit "a Cabinet document" from section 22 (1) (a). 21
Insert instead "Cabinet information". 22
[2] Section 22 (2) 23
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 24
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 25
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 26
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 27
(a) any information or question relates to confidential 28
proceedings of Cabinet, or 29
(b) information is Cabinet information, 30
is conclusive of that fact. 31
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
[3] Section 22 (3), definition of "Cabinet document" 1
Omit the definition. 2
[4] Section 22 (3) 3
Insert in alphabetical order: 4
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 5
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 6
Act 2009. 7
[5] Section 43 Obtaining and correcting information on relevant 8
employment proceedings under Government Information (Public 9
Access) Act 2009 10
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989 to any documents of an agency 11
containing information" from section 43 (1). 12
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 to any 13
information". 14
[6] Section 43 (3) 15
Omit "Part 4 of that Act". 16
Insert instead "Part 6A of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection 17
Act 1998". 18
[7] Section 43 (4) 19
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 20
(4) The provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) 21
Act 2009 and Part 6A of the Privacy and Personal Information 22
Protection Act 1998 apply for the purposes of this section 23
whether or not the agency is an agency to which those provisions 24
apply. 25
[8] Section 43 (5) 26
Omit "that Act in its". Insert instead "any provisions of those Acts in their". 27
2.11 Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) 28
Act 1993 No 2 29
Section 43A Exemption from Freedom of Information Act 1989 30
Omit the section. 31
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation
2.12 Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 No 3 1
Section 161 Disclosure of information 2
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 161 (1) (d). 3
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 4
2.13 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 No 93 5
[1] Section 247 Application of Government Information (Public Access) 6
Act 2009 7
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989". 8
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 9
[2] Section 247 (b) and (c) 10
Omit "within the meaning", wherever occurring. 11
Insert instead "for the purposes". 12
[3] Schedule 5 Savings, transitional and other provisions 13
Omit clause 81. Insert instead: 14
81 Exempt documents 15
A document that contains matter relating to functions in relation 16
to which the office of Inspector-General of Corrective Services 17
was, by virtue of section 9 of the Freedom of Information 18
Act 1989, exempt from the operation of that Act immediately 19
before 1 October 2003 is taken to be, and to always have been, an 20
exempt document within the meaning of the Freedom of 21
Information Act 1989 and a document containing information for 22
which there is an overriding public interest against disclosure for 23
the purposes of the Government Information (Public Access) 24
Act 2009. 25
2.14 Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 No 63 26
Section 32I Information about claims 27
Omit section 32I (7). 28
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
2.15 Education Act 1990 No 8 1
[1] Section 26B Purpose of obtaining information about students 2
Omit section 26B (2). Insert instead: 3
(2) Information about a student obtained under this Division is 4
prohibited from being disclosed under the Government 5
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 except in response to an 6
access application under that Act that is made by: 7
(a) the student the subject of the information, or 8
(b) a parent of the student, or 9
(c) any person nominated in writing by the student or a parent 10
of the student. 11
(3) Nothing in this Division operates to prevent the provision or 12
disclosure of information as required or permitted by or under 13
any other Act or law (except as provided by subsection (2)). 14
[2] Section 26F No offence or liability for disclosure of information 15
Omit the note at the end of the section. 16
2.16 Education Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 114 17
[1] Section 7 Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5 18
Omit the section. 19
[2] Schedule 5 Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1989 20
Omit the Schedule. 21
2.17 Electricity Supply Act 1995 No 94 22
[1] Section 43EI Cabinet information and proceedings 23
Omit "produce a Cabinet document" from section 43EI (1) (b). 24
Insert instead "disclose Cabinet information". 25
[2] Sections 43EI (1) (c) and 97HD (1) (c) 26
Omit "a Cabinet document", wherever occurring. 27
Insert instead "Cabinet information". 28
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[3] Section 43EI (2) 1
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 2
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 3
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 4
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 5
(a) any information or question relates to confidential 6
proceedings of Cabinet, or 7
(b) information is Cabinet information, 8
is conclusive of that fact. 9
[4] Section 43EI (3), definition of "Cabinet document" 10
Omit the definition. 11
[5] Section 43EI (3) 12
Insert in alphabetical order: 13
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 14
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 15
Act 2009. 16
[6] Section 97HD Cabinet information and proceedings 17
Omit "produce a Cabinet document" from section 97HD (1) (b). 18
Insert instead "disclose Cabinet information". 19
[7] Section 97HD (2) 20
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 21
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 22
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 23
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 24
(a) any information or question relates to confidential 25
proceedings of Cabinet, or 26
(b) information is Cabinet information, 27
is conclusive of that fact. 28
[8] Section 97HD (3), definition of "Cabinet document" 29
Omit the definition. 30
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
[9] Section 97HD (3) 1
Insert in alphabetical order: 2
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 3
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 4
Act 2009. 5
2.18 Electronic Transactions Act 2000 No 8 6
Section 14B Establishment of ECM system 7
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 14B (2). 8
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 9
2.19 Electronic Transactions Regulation 2007 10
Clauses 4 (1) and 7 (1) 11
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989, and any regulations under that Act", 12
wherever occurring. 13
Insert in alphabetical order "Government Information (Public Access) Act 14
2009, and any regulations under that Act". 15
2.20 Filming Approval Act 2004 No 38 16
Section 12 Register of filming approvals to be publicly available 17
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 12 (2) (d). 18
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 19
2.21 Gambling (Two-up) Act 1998 No 115 20
Section 29 Secrecy 21
Omit section 29 (6). 22
2.22 Gaming Machines Act 2001 No 127 23
Section 206 Secrecy 24
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 206 (6). 25
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 26
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation
2.23 Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 No 71 1
[1] Section 5 Definition of "personal information" 2
Omit section 5 (3) (l). Insert instead: 3
(l) information about an individual that is contained in 4
Cabinet information or Executive Council information 5
under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 6
2009, 7
[2] Section 22 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 not 8
affected 9
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 22 (1). 10
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 11
[3] Section 22 (2) 12
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 13
(2) In particular, this Act does not operate to lessen any obligations 14
under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 in 15
respect of a public sector agency. 16
[4] Section 22 (3) 17
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989". 18
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 and the 19
Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998". 20
[5] Schedule 1 Health Privacy Principles 21
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from the note to clause 7 (1). 22
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 23
[6] Schedule 1, clause 8 (3) 24
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from the note to the subclause. 25
Insert instead "Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998". 26
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
2.24 HomeFund Commissioner Act 1993 No 9 1
[1] Section 21 Cabinet information and proceedings 2
Omit "confidential proceedings of cabinet or any committee of cabinet" from 3
section 21 (1) (a). 4
Insert instead "information that is Cabinet information under the Government 5
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 or to confidential proceedings of 6
Cabinet or any committee of Cabinet". 7
[2] Section 21 (2) 8
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 9
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 10
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 11
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 12
(a) any information, document, thing or question relates to 13
confidential proceedings of Cabinet or of a committee of 14
Cabinet, or 15
(b) information is Cabinet information, 16
is conclusive of that fact. 17
2.25 Hunter Water Act 1991 No 53 18
Section 74 Application of Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5 19
Omit the section. 20
2.26 Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992 No 39 21
[1] Section 22A Making submissions and documents available to public 22
Omit "is an exempt document within the meaning of the Freedom of 23
Information Act 1989" wherever occurring in section 22A (1) and (2). 24
Insert instead "contains information that the Tribunal would not be required to 25
disclose under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 26
[2] Section 25A Cabinet information and proceedings 27
Omit "produce a Cabinet document" from section 25A (1) (b). 28
Insert instead "disclose Cabinet information". 29
[3] Section 25A (1) (c) 30
Omit "a Cabinet document". Insert instead "Cabinet information". 31
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[4] Section 25A (2) 1
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 2
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 3
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 4
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 5
(a) any information or question relates to confidential 6
proceedings of Cabinet, or 7
(b) information is Cabinet information, 8
is conclusive of that fact. 9
[5] Section 25A (3), definition of "Cabinet document" 10
Omit the definition. 11
[6] Section 25A (3) 12
Insert in alphabetical order: 13
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 14
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 15
Act 2009. 16
2.27 Innovation Council Act 1996 No 77 17
Section 13 Power to require certain information 18
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 13 (2). 19
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 20
2.28 Local Government Act 1993 No 30 21
[1] Section 10B Further limitations relating to closure of parts of meetings 22
to public 23
Omit the note to section 10B (4). 24
[2] Chapter 4, Part 2 Access to information 25
Omit the Part. 26
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Amendment of other legislation Schedule 2
[3] Section 22 Other functions 1
Omit the matter relating to the Freedom of Information Act 1989 from the 2
note. 3
Insert in alphabetical order: 4
Government Information council required to publish certain information
(Public Access) Act 2009 and to grant access to certain documents
Privacy and Personal council required to amend certain records that
Information Protection Act are shown to be incomplete, incorrect, out of
1998 date or misleading
[4] Chapter 13 How are councils made accountable for their actions? 5
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from the Introduction to the 6
Chapter. 7
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 8
[5] Chapter 13, Introduction 9
Insert ", under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998," 10
after "They are also entitled". 11
[6] Section 664 Disclosure and misuse of information 12
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 664 (1) (d). 13
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 14
[7] Section 739A 15
Insert after section 739: 16
739A Retention, preservation and destruction of records 17
The council must retain, preserve and destroy its records in 18
accordance with any approved standards. 19
2.29 Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 No 74 20
Section 178 Disclosure of information 21
Omit "the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 178 (d). 22
Insert instead "a requirement imposed under the Government Information 23
(Public Access) Act 2009". 24
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Schedule 2 Amendment of other legislation
2.30 Mining Act 1992 No 29 1
Section 365 Disclosure of information 2
Omit "under the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 365 (1) (f). 3
Insert instead "in accordance with a requirement imposed under the 4
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 5
2.31 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 No 80 6
[1] Section 151D Register of certain interests to be publicly available 7
Omit "by the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 151D (2) (e). 8
Insert instead "under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 9
[2] Section 161 Restriction on release of certain information 10
Omit "the documents concerned are exempt documents within the meaning of 11
the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 161 (2). 12
Insert instead "information contained in the documents concerned is 13
information for which there is a conclusive presumption of overriding public 14
interest against disclosure for the purposes of the Government Information 15
(Public Access) Act 2009". 16
2.32 Natural Resources Commission Act 2003 No 102 17
[1] Section 19 Cabinet information and proceedings 18
Omit "produce a Cabinet document" from section 19 (1) (b). 19
Insert instead "disclose Cabinet information". 20
[2] Section 19 (1) (c) 21
Omit "a Cabinet document". Insert instead "Cabinet information". 22
[3] Section 19 (2) 23
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 24
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 25
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 26
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 27
(a) any information or question relates to confidential 28
proceedings of Cabinet, or 29
(b) information is Cabinet information, 30
is conclusive of that fact. 31
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[4] Section 19 (3), definition of "Cabinet document" 1
Omit the definition. 2
[5] Section 19 (3) 3
Insert in alphabetical order: 4
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 5
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 6
Act 2009. 7
2.33 Ombudsman Act 1974 No 68 8
[1] Section 21B Requirements and inspections relating to matters affected 9
by legal professional privilege on review under Freedom of Information 10
Act 1989 11
Omit the section. 12
[2] Section 22 Cabinet information and proceedings 13
Omit "a cabinet document that is an exempt document under the Freedom of 14
Information Act 1989 or to confidential proceedings of cabinet or any 15
committee of cabinet" from section 22 (1) (a). 16
Insert instead "information that is Cabinet information under the Government 17
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 or to confidential proceedings of 18
Cabinet or any committee of Cabinet". 19
[3] Section 22 (2) 20
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 21
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 22
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 23
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 24
(a) information is Cabinet information under the Government 25
Information (Public Access) Act 2009, or 26
(b) any information, document, thing or question relates to 27
confidential proceedings of Cabinet or of a committee of 28
Cabinet, 29
is conclusive of that fact. 30
[4] Section 31AC Ombudsman may furnish information to public authority 31
Insert "or the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002" after 32
"Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998" in 33
section 31AC (2) (b). 34
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[5] Section 34 Disclosure by Ombudsman or officer 1
Omit section 34 (1) (b3). Insert instead: 2
(b3) for the purpose of any proceedings under Part 5 of the 3
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 arising 4
as a consequence of a decision made by the Ombudsman 5
in respect of an access application under that Act, 6
[6] Section 35 Ombudsman, officer or expert as witness 7
Omit "or" from section 35 (2) (c). 8
[7] Section 35 (2) (d) 9
Omit the paragraph. Insert instead: 10
(d) under Part 5 of the Government Information (Public 11
Access) Act 2009 arising as a consequence of a decision 12
made by the Ombudsman in respect of an access 13
application under that Act, 14
[8] Schedule 1A Agencies 15
Insert in alphabetical order: 16
Information Commissioner 17
2.34 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 18
No 133 19
[1] Section 4 Definition of "personal information" 20
Omit section 4 (3) (i). Insert instead: 21
(i) information about an individual that is contained in 22
Cabinet information or Executive Council information 23
under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 24
2009, 25
[2] Section 5 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 not affected 26
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 5 (1). 27
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 28
[3] Section 5 (2) 29
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 30
(2) In particular, this Act does not operate to lessen any obligations 31
under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 in 32
respect of a public sector agency. 33
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[4] Section 20 General application of information protection principles to 1
public sector agencies 2
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 20 (5). 3
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 4
[5] Section 43 Disclosure of Cabinet or Executive Council information 5
Omit "an exempt document" from section 43 (1). 6
Insert instead "Cabinet information or Executive Council information". 7
[6] Section 43 (2) 8
Omit "The Director-General of The Cabinet Office may certify that a 9
document is an exempt document because it is a Cabinet document.". 10
Insert instead "The Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General 11
Counsel) of the Department of Premier and Cabinet may certify that 12
information is Cabinet information.". 13
[7] Section 43 (2) (b) 14
Omit "document". Insert instead "information". 15
[8] Section 43 (3) 16
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 17
(3) In this section: 18
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 19
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 20
Act 2009. 21
Executive Council information means information that is 22
Executive Council information under the Government 23
Information (Public Access) Act 2009. 24
2.35 Privacy Code of Practice (General) 2003 25
Clause 3 Limitations 26
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from clause 3 (b). 27
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 28
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2.36 Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 No 66 1
Section 219 Disclosure of information 2
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 219 (1) (d). 3
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 4
2.37 Protected Disclosures Act 1994 No 92 5
[1] Section 4 Definitions 6
Insert at the end of paragraph (g) of the definition of investigating authority: 7
, or 8
(h) the Information Commissioner. 9
[2] Section 4, definition of "investigation Act" 10
Insert at the end of paragraph (e) of the definition: 11
, or 12
(f) the Government Information (Information Commissioner) 13
Act 2009. 14
[3] Section 12D 15
Insert after section 12C: 16
12D Disclosure to Information Commissioner 17
To be protected by this Act, a disclosure by a public official to the 18
Information Commissioner must: 19
(a) be made in accordance with the Government Information 20
(Information Commissioner) Act 2009, and 21
(b) be disclosure of information that shows or tends to show 22
that a public authority or another public official has 23
engaged, is engaged or proposes to engage in conduct of a 24
kind that constitutes a failure to exercise its functions 25
properly in accordance with any provision of the 26
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. 27
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2.38 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156 1
Section 320 Disclosure of monitoring data 2
Omit "documents under section 27 of the Freedom of Information Act 1989" 3
from section 320 (3). 4
Insert instead "information under section 72 of the Government Information 5
(Public Access) Act 2009". 6
2.39 Protection of the Environment Operations (General) 7
Regulation 2009 8
Clause 71 Commercial confidentiality 9
Omit "a document referring to the information would be an exempt document 10
under clause 7 or 8 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 1989" 11
from clause 71 (4). 12
Insert instead "a document contains information for which there is an 13
overriding public interest against disclosure under the Government 14
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 because of the public interest 15
considerations in clause 4 of the Table to section 14 of that Act". 16
2.40 Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152 17
Section 36 Access to records, information etc 18
Omit "a cabinet document that is an exempt document under the Freedom of 19
Information Act 1989" from section 36 (6). 20
Insert instead "information that is Cabinet information under the Government 21
Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 22
2.41 Public Lotteries Act 1996 No 86 23
Section 80 Secrecy 24
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 80 (6). 25
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 26
2.42 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 No 43 27
[1] Section 156 Cabinet information and proceedings 28
Omit "produce a Cabinet document" from section 156 (1) (b). 29
Insert instead "disclose Cabinet information". 30
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[2] Section 156 (1) (c) 1
Omit "a Cabinet document". Insert instead "Cabinet information". 2
[3] Section 156 (2) 3
Omit the subsection. Insert instead: 4
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the 5
Director-General or Deputy Director-General (General Counsel) 6
of the Department of Premier and Cabinet that: 7
(a) any information or question relates to confidential 8
proceedings of Cabinet, or 9
(b) information is Cabinet information, 10
is conclusive of that fact. 11
[4] Section 156 (3), definition of "Cabinet document" 12
Omit the definition. 13
[5] Section 156 (3) 14
Insert in alphabetical order: 15
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet 16
information under the Government Information (Public Access) 17
Act 2009. 18
2.43 Public Sector Management (Goods and Services) 19
Regulation 2000 20
[1] Clause 24 Information concerning supply and disposal arrangements 21
Omit "the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 and" from 22
clause 24 (2). 23
[2] Clause 24 (3) 24
Insert after clause 24 (2): 25
(3) This clause does not require the Board to provide information 26
that it would not be required to disclose under the Government 27
Information (Public Access) Act 2009. 28
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2.44 Regional Development Act 2004 No 58 1
Section 14 Disclosure of information 2
Omit "the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 14 (d). 3
Insert instead "a requirement imposed under the Government Information 4
(Public Access) Act 2009". 5
2.45 Retirement Villages Act 1999 No 81 6
Section 200 Disclosure of information 7
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 200 (d). 8
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 9
2.46 State Records Act 1998 No 17 10
[1] Section 3 Definitions 11
Omit the definition of FOI Act from section 3 (1). 12
[2] Section 56 13
Omit the section. Insert instead: 14
56 Access still available under Government Information (Public 15
Access) Act 2009 16
The fact that a record is not open to public access under this Act 17
does not affect any entitlement to obtain access to information 18
contained in the record under the Government Information 19
(Public Access) Act 2009. 20
Note. If a record is not open to public access because it is not the subject 21
of an access direction, an application under this Part for an OPA 22
direction should be made before an application is made under the 23
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. 24
[3] Section 59 Withholding access to ensure proper care of records 25
Omit section 59 (2). 26
[4] Section 59 (3) 27
Omit "FOI Act". 28
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 29
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2.47 State Records Regulation 2005 1
Schedule 2 Provisions excepted from operation of section 21 2
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989, section 43 (Determination of 3
applications)" from the matter under the heading "Provisions authorising 4
alteration of records". 5
Insert instead "Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, 6
section 59F (Determination of applications)". 7
2.48 Superannuation Administration Authority Corporatisation 8
Act 1999 No 5 9
Section 13 FOI exemption 10
Omit the section. 11
2.49 Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Organising Committee 12
Act 2005 No 65 13
Section 36 Disclosure and misuse of information 14
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 36 (1) (d). 15
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 16
2.50 Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88 17
Section 104 Application of Freedom of Information Act 1989 18
Omit the section. 19
2.51 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101 20
Section 146 Decision not to disclose location of critical habitat 21
Omit the note at the end of the section. Insert instead: 22
Note. Matter that is the subject of a determination referred to in 23
subsection (1) is information for which there is a conclusive presumption 24
of an overriding public interest against disclosure under the Government 25
Information (Public Access) Act 2009. 26
2.52 Totalizator Act 1997 No 45 27
Section 105 Secrecy 28
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 105 (6). 29
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 30
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2.53 Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109 1
[1] Sections 17B (4), 31 (2B), 35N (4), 35ZA (4) and 55L (4) 2
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989", wherever occurring. 3
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 4
[2] Section 35ZG Disclosure of information 5
Omit "the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 35ZG (c). 6
Insert instead "a requirement imposed under the Government Information 7
(Public Access) Act 2009". 8
[3] Schedule 11 Conversion of Public Transport Ticketing Corporation to a 9
SOC 10
Omit "the Freedom of Information Act 1989" from proposed section 35Y in 11
item [1]. 12
Insert instead "a requirement imposed under the Government Information 13
(Public Access) Act 2009". 14
2.54 Valuers Act 2003 No 4 15
Section 38 Disclosure of information 16
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from section 38 (1) (d). 17
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 18
2.55 Workers Compensation Regulation 2003 19
Schedule 6 Maximum costs--compensation matters 20
Omit "Freedom of Information Act 1989" from clause 17 (d). 21
Insert instead "Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". 22
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