Freedom of Information Act 1982

SCHEDULE 2  

Section 7

PART II
Agencies exempt in respect of particular documents
 

Division 1  

Attorney-General ' s Department, in relation to:

  • (a) documents in respect of commercial activities it undertakes; and
  • (b) documents in respect of activities undertaken by the Australian Government Solicitor; and
  • (c) exempt content-service documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ; and
  • (d) exempt internet-content documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 5 to that Act.
  • Australian Communications and Media Authority, in relation to:

  • (a) exempt content-service documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (b) exempt internet-content documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 5 to that Act, as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (c) exempt online content scheme documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Part 9 of the Online Safety Act 2021 .
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in relation to its program material and its datacasting content

    Australian Pork Corporation, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    Australian Postal Corporation, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in relation to documents:

  • (a) concerning its functions under subsection 921B(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 ; or
  • (b) transferred to it in accordance with subsection 1684V(2) of that Act.
  • Australian Trade and Investment Commission, in relation to documents, concerning the carrying out, in whole or in part, of overseas development projects

    Classification Board, in relation to:

  • (a) exempt content-service documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (b) exempt internet-content documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 5 to that Act, as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (c) exempt online content scheme documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Part 9 of the Online Safety Act 2021 .
  • Classification Review Board, in relation to:

  • (a) exempt content-service documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (b) exempt internet-content documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 5 to that Act, as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 .
  • Comcare, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    Department of Defence, in relation to documents in respect of:

  • (a) the collection, reporting or analysis of operational intelligence; or
  • (b) special access programs, under which a foreign government provides restricted access to technologies.
  • Department of the Treasury in relation to documents:

  • (a) in respect of activities of the Australian Loan Council; or
  • (b) in respect of the commercial activities of the Royal Australian Mint; or
  • (c) concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under section 921G of the Corporations Act 2001 ; or
  • (d) transferred to the Secretary of the Department in accordance with subsection 1684V(1) of that Act.
  • eSafety Commissioner, in relation to:

  • (a) exempt content-service documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (b) exempt internet-content documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Schedule 5 to that Act, as in force before the commencement of the Online Safety Act 2021 ; and
  • (c) exempt online content scheme documents concerning the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under Part 9 of the Online Safety Act 2021 .
  • Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, in relation to documents concerning anything done by it under Part 4 or 5 of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

    Health Insurance Commission, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    Human Services Department, in relation to documents in respect of commercial activities relating to the functions of the Chief Executive Medicare

    Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority, in relation to:

  • (a) documents requesting that the Authority give personal advice under paragraph 12(1)(a) of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017 ; and
  • (b) any other documents that concern the performance of a function conferred on the Authority by paragraph 12(1)(a) of that Act.
  • Indigenous Business Australia, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    National Health and Medical Research Council, in relation to documents in the possession of members of the Council of the National Health and Medical Research Council who are not persons appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999

    Housing Australia, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    NBN Co, in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities

    Reserve Bank of Australia, in relation to documents in respect of its banking operations (including individual open market operations and foreign exchange dealings) and in respect of exchange control matters

    Special Broadcasting Service Corporation, in relation to its program material and its datacasting content


     

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