Dear Ms Melgar,

 

To meet the requirements for a valid request under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982, (section 15(2) the request must:

 

(a) be in writing; and

(aa) state that the request is an application for the purposes of this
Act; and

(b) provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably
necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister,
to identify it; and

(c) give details of how notices under this Act may be sent to the
applicant (for example, by providing an electronic address to which
notices may be sent by electronic communication).

 

You request meets all of these requirements except the last one. You have
not specified how notices, including documents found, may be sent to you.
I understand that the email to which I am now writing will generate a
posting on the Right to Know website rather than an email directly to
yourself. It would be helpful to clarify this last point in order to make
a valid request.

 

Please find below a link to our website below on ‘How to make an FOI
Request’. I look forward to receiving a completed request form from you in
the near future,

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

MRT-RRT FOI Coordinator

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Florencia Melgar
[mailto:[FOI #812 email]]

Sent: Monday, 1 December 2014 12:24 PM

To: NSW Registry Mailbox

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Complaints about interpreters
used by Immigration Department

 

Dear Migration Review Tribunal,

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Please
detail the number of complaints the Migration Review Tribunal received
between 1 January 2012 and 30 November 2014 relating to inaccurate
interpretation of asylum seekers' interviews during Immigration Department
assessments? Please could you also detail the languages involved?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Florencia Melgar

 

 

 

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