Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport

Personal access to Information
Where an applicant is granted permission to inspect documents, a time
will be set which is mutually convenient to the applicant and to the agency.
Where access to documents is refused, in part or in full, we will notify the
applicant of the reasons.
Rights of review
The FOI Act provides that, should applicants be dissatisfied with a decision of
the Department, there is a process whereby that decision can be reviewed.
In accordance with Section 40 of the FOI Act, internal review applications
should be forwarded in writing to the Department within 30 calendar days of
the date of decision.
Following an internal review, matters remaining in dispute can be submitted
to the Office of the Information Commissioner (ICO) for ‘external review’.
Such applications must be submitted within 60 days from the date of
decision.
No fees or charges apply to internal or external reviews.
Disclosures and Legal Compliance
FOI statistics for 2008–09 (as at June 2009)
Applications Amount
Total received 250
Internal reviews 10
External reviews 5
Transferred to another agency 19
Public information
The Department’s publications and technical reports are available from
its library and through the Library and Information Service of Western
Australia. Many are also available through the Department’s website at
www.dpi.wa.gov.au then click on ‘Publications’.
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