Dear Mr Buckley

I refer to your application in which you seek access to documents under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982(ABS reference FOI 201718/15)
regarding:

o copies of correspondence that the Bureau holds on record, which
discuss the wording or presentation of the Survey Form used for the
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey

Your request was received by the ABS on the 11 September 2017 and the 30
days statutory period for processing your request commenced from that
date. If this request will take longer than 30 days to process, we will
contact you to negotiate an extension of time.

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Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation
to your request as soon as practicable.

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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics,

This is a request under the FOI Act.

Can you please provide copies of correspondence that the Bureau holds on
record, which discuss the wording or presentation of the Survey Form used
for the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey?

Yours faithfully,

Joel Buckley

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Dear Mr Buckley

Following a preliminary search and retrieval of documents within the scope
of your request, the ABS has identified a number of these documents
contain business information relating to third parties. As such and in
accordance with section 27 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act), the ABS is notifying you that the time frame for responding to your
request has been extended by an additional 30 days to allow the ABS to
undertake appropriate consultations.

Regards

FOI Contact Officer 

Australian Bureau of Statistics 

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Dear Mr Buckley

In response to your FOI request received on 11 September 2017, I wish to
advise you that I consider a practical refusal reason exists under section
24AA of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

I have set out my reasons in the attached letter.

(See attached file: FOI 201718-15 - Response.pdf)

Should you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact
the ABS FOI Contact Officer by telephoning (02) 6252 7203 or emailing
[1][ABS request email]

Kind Regards

FOI Contact Officer 

Australian Bureau of Statistics 

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