Freedom of Information Act 1982

PART III - ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS  

SECTION 12   PART NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS  

12(1)    

A person is not entitled to obtain access under this part to:

(a)    a document, or a copy of a document, which is, under the Archives Act 1983 , within the open access period within the meaning of that Act unless the document contains personal information (including personal information about a deceased person); or

(b)    

a document that is open to public access, as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with an enactment or a Norfolk Island law, where that access is subject to a fee or other charge; or

(b) a document that is open to public access, as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with another enactment, where that access is subject to fee or other charge; or

(ba)    a document that is open to public access, as part of a land title register, in accordance with a law of a state or Territory where that access is subject to a fee or other charge; or

(c)    a document that is available for purchase by the public in accordance with arrangements made by an agency.

12(2)    

A person is not entitled to obtain access under this Part to a document or a part of a document that became a document of a Norfolk Island agency more than 5 years before the commencement of this subsection unless:

(c)    the document, or that part of the document, contains information that is:

(i) personal information about that person; or

(ii) information relating to that person ' s business, commercial or financial affairs; or

(d)    

the document, or that part of the document, is a document or a part of a document access to which is reasonably necessary to enable a proper understanding of a document of a Norfolk Island agency to which that person has lawfully had access.

12(3)    
(Repealed by No 154 of 2020)