Victorian Numbered Acts

TERRORISM (COMMUNITY PROTECTION) (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 30 OF 2006) - SECT 20

After section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 insert —

        "6A.     Relationship with other laws

    (1)     This Act does not affect the operation of any other Act or law (including, but not limited to, the Public Records Act 1973 , the Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Health Records Act 2001 )—

        (a)     that requires information concerning documents of an agency or official documents of a Minister to be made available to the public; or

        (b)     that enables a person to obtain access to a document of an agency or an official document of a Minister.

    (2)     Nothing in this section limits or affects section 15 or 16.

    Note:     Section 10A of the Public Records Act 1973 provides that nothing in that Act prevents a person from giving access to records otherwise than in accordance with that Act where the person can properly do so or is required by law to do so. See also sections 6 and 12 of the Information Privacy Act 2000 and sections 7 and 16 of the Health Records Act 2001 .".