a copy of annual reports lodged by Manly Council as part of Crown Reserve Reporting System (CRRS); Manly Council is trustee of the Reserve Trust for land at Manly being LOT 7379 DP1164856
Dear NSW Department of Industry,
I lodged a GIPA request on 27th of August 2015. On 7 September 2015 I was advised that the information that I applied for it is not held by the Department. Subsequent enquiries with the Crown Lands Department revealed that following discussions with manly council, that Manly Council admitted that they had not lodged the annual returns despite the statutory obligation to do so. They had not been granted any dispensation by the Minister not to lodge these annual reports. The failure to do so was due to a change in the responsible officer in Manly Council without a proper handover and the new responsible officer being unaware of the statutory requirement to lodge these annual returns.
Clearly this is outside of my control. Manly Council undertook to the Department of Crown land to lodge the missing annual returns. I am lodging this GIPA request as I was advised to do. I expect that this time around that Manly Council will be forced to comply with the statutory obligations imposed on them as trustee if the returns have not yet been lodged; and that these will be provided to me
Yours faithfully,
Bruce Kitson
Dear Mr Kitson
If you wish to apply for information held by the Department, you will need
to complete a formal access application and return it together with your
$30.00 application fee.
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Yours sincerely
Governance & Information Requests Unit
NSW Department of Industry
PO Box K348 | Haymarket NSW 2001
T: 02 9995 0911 | E: [2][email address]
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Bruce Kitson
<[3][FOI #1273 email]> wrote:
Dear NSW Department of Industry,
I lodged a GIPA request on 27th of August 2015. On 7 September 2015 I
was advised that the information that I applied for it is not held by
the Department. Subsequent enquiries with the Crown Lands Department
revealed that following discussions with manly council, that Manly
Council admitted that they had not lodged the annual returns despite the
statutory obligation to do so. They had not been granted any
dispensation by the Minister not to lodge these annual reports. The
failure to do so was due to a change in the responsible officer in Manly
Council without a proper handover and the new responsible officer being
unaware of the statutory requirement to lodge these annual returns.
Clearly this is outside of my control. Manly Council undertook to the
Department of Crown land to lodge the missing annual returns. I am
lodging this GIPA request as I was advised to do. I expect that this
time around that Manly Council will be forced to comply with the
statutory obligations imposed on them as trustee if the returns have not
yet been lodged; and that these will be provided to me
Yours faithfully,
Bruce Kitson
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Bruce Kitson left an annotation ()
I have submitted the form as requested and paid the application fee. I have received an acknowledgement of receipt and been advised that my request is a valid request.The decision date is 20 November which allows 10 days for consultation.