RI GHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009
APPLICATION FOR ASSESSED DISCLOSURE
Applicant’s Details:
Name:
Title:
Postal Address:
Daytime Contact Information:
Telephone:
Business
Home
Mobile
Email:
Public authority or Minister applied to:
General topic of information applied for:
(once sentence summary of information requested)
Description of efforts made prior to this application to obtain this information:
Application fee included (please tick):
OR
Application for Waiver:
General public interest or
Member of Parliament:
Impecunious Applicant:
benefit
If application for personal information, proof of identity provided (please tick):
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Details of information sought:
(if there is insufficient room in the space provided, please attach further details)
Applicants Signature:
Date:
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Information about assessed disclosure under the
Right to Information Act 2009
Object of the Act
Section 3 of the Act includes this statement of the objects of the Act:
(1)
The object of this Act is to improve democratic government in Tasmania –
(a)
by increasing the accountability of the executive to the people of Tasmania; and
(b) by increasing the ability of the people of Tasmania to participate in their governance; and
(c)
by acknowledging that information col ected by public authorities is col ected for and on
behalf of the people of Tasmania and is the property of the State.
(2)
This object is to be pursued by giving members of the public the right to obtain information held
by public authorities and Ministers.
(3)
This object is also to be pursued by giving members of the public the right to obtain information
about the operations of Government.
(4)
It is the intention of Parliament –
(a)
that this Act be interpreted so as to further the object set out in subsection (1); and
(b) that discretions conferred by this Act be exercised so as to facilitate and promote, promptly
and at the lowest reasonable cost, the provision of the maximum amount of official
information.
Applications for assessed disclosure
• Applications are to be addressed to:
Principal Officer
Right to Information
Northern Midlands Council
P.O. Box 156
LONGFORD TAS 7301
• Applications are to be made in writing and include the information required by Regulation 4 of the
Right to Information Regulations 2010.
• Applications are to be accompanied by the application fee. This fee is 25 fee units, please refer to
council’s Fees and Charges for current fee set by state legislation.
• An applicant can apply for the application fee to be waived where the applicant is a Member of
Parliament in the pursuit of their official duty; where the applicant is impecunious; and where the
information sought is intended to be used for a purpose that is of general public interest or
benefit
Responsibilities of the public authority
• Applicants are to be notified of the decision on an application for assessed disclosure within 20
working days of the application being accepted by the public authority.
• Before the application is accepted, the public authority has a maximum of 10 working days to
negotiate with the applicant to further define the application.
• If a need to consult with a third party arises, a further 20 working days wil be al owed in addition
to the original 20 days.
• If these time limits are not conformed with, the application wil be deemed to be refused and the
applicant may apply to the Ombudsman for a review of that decision.
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