S 18 repealed by No 51 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 3 item 16, applicable in relation to requests for access made under section
 
15
 of the 
Freedom of Information Act 1982
 that are received at or after 1 November 2010. S 18 formerly read:
                  
                    SECTION 18 Access to documents to be given on request
                     
                    
                    (1)
                    
                    
Subject to this Act, where: 
                    
                    
                    (a)
                    a request is made in accordance with the requirements of subsection 
15(2)
 by a person to an agency or Minister for access to a document of the agency or an official document of the Minister; and 
 
                    
                    
                    (b)
                    any charge that, under the regulations, is required to be paid before access is granted has been paid; 
 
                    the person shall be given access to the document in accordance with this Act. 
 
                    
                    
                    (2)
                    
                    
An agency or Minister is not required by this Act to give access to a document at a time when the document is an exempt document.