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Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Government Solicitor as part of a batch sent to 166 authorities
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Dear Australian Government Solicitor,
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to others.
I'm hoping you can provide me with a copy of the current arrangements if possible.
If it helps, I'm happy for you to process this request under "administrative release" (https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...). This would reduce the cost and time required to make a formal decision.
That said, I understand sometimes you want the request to be formal. If you won't process it informally, please process my request for the document as a formal FOI Request.
Please note - While I volunteer for Right to Know, this request is made in a personal capacity and not on behalf of Right to Know.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your request.
Please refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department
([1]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/body/agd) for a copy of the current
arrangements that apply to the Australian Government Solicitor.
Kind regards
FOI Case Officer
Freedom of Information and Parliamentary Section
Attorney-General’s Department
T: 02 6141 6666 | E: [2][AGS request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless
[[3]mailto:[FOI #4997 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:51 PM
To: PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE <[4][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations
Dear Australian Government Solicitor,
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer
or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to
others.
I'm hoping you can provide me with a copy of the current arrangements if
possible.
If it helps, I'm happy for you to process this request under
"administrative release"
([5]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...).
This would reduce the cost and time required to make a formal decision.
That said, I understand sometimes you want the request to be formal. If
you won't process it informally, please process my request for the
document as a formal FOI Request.
Please note - While I volunteer for Right to Know, this request is made in
a personal capacity and not on behalf of Right to Know.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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