Archives and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (34 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Freedom of Information Act 1982

7   After subsection 7(2D)

Insert:

(2DA) A Minister and an agency are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents (regardless of when the documents were brought into existence):

(a) a document given to, or received by, the Independent Review, or a person performing functions in relation to the Review, for the purposes of the Review;

(b) a document brought into existence by the Independent Review or a person performing functions in relation to the Review.

(2DB)A Minister and an agency other than the Australian Human Rights Commission are not exempt under subsection (2DA)(a) from the operation of this Act in relation to documents created for purposes other than the Independent Review to which a right of access otherwise exists or existed under the Act.