Freedom of Information Act 1982

PART III - ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS  

SECTION 24   POWER TO REFUSE REQUEST - DIVERSION OF RESOURCES ETC  

24(1)    
If an agency or Minister is satisfied, when dealing with a request for a document, that a practical refusal reason exists in relation to the request (see section 24AA ), the agency or Minister:


(a) must undertake a request consultation process (see section 24AB ); and


(b) if, after the request consultation process, the agency or Minister is satisfied that the practical refusal reason still exists - the agency or Minister may refuse to give access to the document in accordance with the request.

24(2)    
For the purposes of this section, the agency or Minister may treat 2 or more requests as a single request if the agency or Minister is satisfied that:


(a) the requests relate to the same document or documents; or


(b) the requests relate to documents, the subject matter of which is substantially the same.


 

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