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Victoria - Legislation

Freedom of Information Act 1982 (1983 - )

From
1983
Categories
Principal Act
Website
http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/foia1982222/

The Victorian Freedom of Information Act 1982 gives you the right to access documents about your personal affairs and the activities of government agencies; and the right to request that incorrect or misleading information held by an agency about you be amended or removed. However, for privacy reasons not all information is automatically available. The Act allows an agency to refuse access to certain documents or information about other people, also known as "third parties". These documents or information are often called 'exempt'. This means that part of all of a document may be removed before it is released.

Details

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (No. 9859) was passed on 5 January 1983 and commenced on 5 July 1983 (Part 2 commenced 5 July 1984),

Sources used to compile this entry: Law Research Service, Melbourne Law School, Law Library, The University of Melbourne. 'Find and Connect Project - Victorian Legislation', 1 February 2013, held in the project files at the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre.

Prepared by: Rachel Tropea