FOI Delegations
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Parliamentary Services as part of a batch sent to 166 authorities
This authority is not subject to FOI law, so is not legally obliged to respond
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Dear Department of Parliamentary Services,
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
Dear Mr Fairless
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information as outlined below,
received via email 14 November 2018.
In accordance with s68A Parliamentary Service Act 1999, the Department of
Parliamentary Services (DPS) is not subject to the Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act). Accordingly, DPS does not have any arrangements
for the purposes of section 23 of the FOI Act.
Regards
DPS Information Requests
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #5047 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:51 PM
To: DPS Information Requests (DPS)
Subject: HPRM: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations
Dear Department of Parliamentary Services,
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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