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Appendixes ASADA ANNUAL REPORT 2012:13Appendix J: FREEDOM OF INFORMATIONAgencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) are required to publish information to the publicas part of the Information Publication Scheme (IPS). This requirement is in Part II of the FOI Act and has replacedthe former requirement to publish a section 8 statement in an annual report. Each agency must display on itswebsite a plan showing what information it publishes in accordance with the IPS requirements. This informationcan be found on ASADA’s website .Table 32: ASADA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION STATISTICSMatters on hand(start 2012–13)Requests received(2012–13)Requests finalised(2012–13)Requests outstanding(end 2012–13)1 11 12 0Eleven FOI requests were received by ASADA in 2012–13 and one FOI request was being processed as at 1 July 2012.Of the 12 FOI requests processed this financial year:> one request was deferred and subsequently access was provided in full> one request was provided partial access pursuant to sections 47F (personal privacy) and 47G (businessinformation) of the FOI Act> one request was provided partial access pursuant to sections 47F (personal privacy) and 22 (deletion of exemptor irrelevant material) of the FOI Act> one request was provided partial access pursuant to sections 47F (personal privacy), 47E (certain operations ofagencies ), 47C (deliberative processes) and 22 (deletion of exempt or irrelevant material) of the FOI Act> eight requests were refused. These refusals were pursuant to the following sections of the FOI Act:• two on the basis that no documents existed (s 24A(1))• two on the basis that it would substantially divert the resources of the agency (s 24(1))• one on the basis that the documents:– form part of ASADA’s deliberative processes (s 47C)– if released, could reasonably be expected to prejudice the conduct of ASADA’s current investigation (s 37(1))• one on the basis that the documents:– form part of ASADA’s deliberative processes (s 47C)– if released, could reasonably be expected to prejudice the conduct of ASADA’s current investigation (s 37(1));or– do not exist (s 24A(1))• one pursuant to sections 47F (personal privacy) and 47C (deliberative processes)• one on the basis that the release of the documents could reasonably be expected to prejudice the conductof ASADA’s current investigation (s 37(1)) and that the existence of the documents requested could not beconfirmed nor denied as this also could reasonably be expected to prejudice the conduct of ASADA’s currentinvestigation (s 25(1)(a)).ASADA has received one application for internal review under FOI in 2012–13. ASADA has not received anyapplications for Administrative Appeals Tribunal matters under FOI in 2012–13, nor has ASADA received anyapplications from the Information Commission for review in 2012–13.ASADA was consulted by two other Commonwealth agencies in relation to FOI requests received by those agenciesand relating to documents which originated with or were received from ASADA. In 2012–13 in relation to one FOIrequest, ASADA consulted six third parties (being other Commonwealth, State Government agencies or commercialentities) in relation to documents which fell within the scope of the FOI request to ASADA, but originated with,or were received from those third parties.We received several requests from athletes seeking access to their own information. These requests were dealtwith under the Privacy Act.159