Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HERITAGE OBJECTS ACT 1991 (NO. 101 OF 1991) - SECT 51

51. (1) A person may, during office hours, inspect a document to which this Subdivision applies, excluding any part of the document which—

        (a)     contains restricted information; or

        (b)     contains information which is the subject of a declaration under subsection (3).

(2) On application by a person, accompanied by the determined fee, the Minister shall give the person a copy of a document to which this Subdivision applies, or any part of such a document, excluding any part of the document which—

        (a)     contains restricted information; or

        (b)     contains information which is the subject of a declaration under subsection (3).

(3) On application by an applicant for approval under Subdivision B of Division 3, the Minister may, by written notice to the applicant, declare that the application for approval, or a specified part of that application, is not to be available for public inspection under subsection (1) or (2).

(4) The Minister shall only make a declaration under subsection (3) if he or she is satisfied that—

        (a)     information in the relevant application or part—

              (i)     relates to the personal or business affairs of a person; and

              (ii)     was supplied to the Minister in confidence; and

        (b)     the publication of that information would not be in the public interest.

Subdivision B—Access to Heritage Registers