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Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,
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
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Good morning Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your request, I appreciate the opportunity you have granted AUSTRAC to process your request administratively.
I will commence the task of locating the document(s) today. Once located, I will discuss the content with my Director and be in a better position to advise if AUSTRAC will release the document to you administratively. I don't anticipate this process will take any longer than 10 calendar days at this stage.
Regards,
Ashley Smith | Senior Privacy and Information Access Officer
Legal and Policy Branch
P: (03) 8636 0536
E: [email address]
@AUSTRAC W: www.austrac.gov.au
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless <[FOI #5025 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:51 PM
To: INFO_ACCESS <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations [EXTERNAL]
Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,
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
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Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
I have attached AUSTRAC's signed FOI authorisations document. I have provided this document to you administratively, outside the FOI Act.
Regards,
Ashley Smith | Senior Privacy and Information Access Officer
Legal and Policy Branch
P: (03) 8636 0536
E: [email address]
@AUSTRAC W: www.austrac.gov.au
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-----Original Message-----
From: INFO_ACCESS
Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2018 8:49 AM
To: Ben Fairless <[FOI #5025 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations [EXTERNAL] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your request, I appreciate the opportunity you have granted AUSTRAC to process your request administratively.
I will commence the task of locating the document(s) today. Once located, I will discuss the content with my Director and be in a better position to advise if AUSTRAC will release the document to you administratively. I don't anticipate this process will take any longer than 10 calendar days at this stage.
Regards,
Ashley Smith | Senior Privacy and Information Access Officer Legal and Policy Branch
P: (03) 8636 0536
E: [email address]
@AUSTRAC W: www.austrac.gov.au
UNCLASSIFIED
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless <[FOI #5025 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:51 PM
To: INFO_ACCESS <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations [EXTERNAL]
Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,
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
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[FOI #5025 email]
Is [AUSTRAC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre? If so, please contact us using this form:
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This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
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this e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient only and may
contain confidential and/or legally privileged material. If you have
received this information in error you must not disseminate, copy or
take any action on it and we request that you delete all copies of
this transmission together with attachments and notify the sender.
This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for
the presence of computer viruses.
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