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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT (OFFICE OF THE VICTORIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER) ACT 2017 (NO. 20 OF 2017) - SECT 8

Section 21 substituted

For section 21 of the Principal Act substitute

        "     21     Time within which formal requests to be decided

    (1)     An agency or Minister must take all reasonable steps to enable an applicant to be notified of a decision on a request as soon as practicable but not later than—

        (a)     30 days after the day on which the request is received by or on behalf of the agency or Minister; or

        (b)     if that period is extended or further extended, the day after that period as extended ends.

    (2)     An agency or Minister may extend the period for deciding a request referred to in subsection (1)(a)—

        (a)     if consultation is required under section 29, 29A, 31, 31A, 33, 34 or 35, by a period of not more than 15 days; or

        (b)     in any case, by a period of not more than 30 days, as agreed by the applicant.

    (3)     An agency or Minister may further extend a period for deciding a request in accordance with subsection (2)(b) any number of times.

    (4)     An agency or Minister must notify the applicant in writing if the period for deciding a request is extended or further extended under this section.

    (5)     The period for deciding a formal request cannot be extended or further extended under this section if that period has expired.".



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