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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 16 OF 2023) - SECT 14

Section 40 (2), example

substitute

        (e)     if the period includes 1 or more Christmas shutdown days—the number of Christmas shutdown days.

Example—par (b)

The respondent receives an access application on 1 February. The respondent contacts the applicant to clarify an aspect of the application and the applicant gives the respondent an answer 10 working days later. The respondent must decide the application not later than 40 working days after 1 February, being the 30 working days allowed under section 40 (1) plus the 10 working days the applicant took to answer the clarification request.

    (3)     In this section:

"Christmas shutdown" day means a working day that falls on 27, 28, 29, 30 or 31 December in a year.



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