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C2024C00448 (C115)

14 October 2024

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Part I—Preliminary
Part II—Information publication scheme
Part III—Access to documents
Part IV—Exempt documents
Part V—Amendment and annotation of personal records
Part VI—Internal review of decisions
Part VII—Review by Information Commissioner
Part VIIA—Review by the Tribunal
Part VIIB—Investigations and complaints
Part VIII—Miscellaneous
- Division 1—Vexatious applicants
- Division 2—General
Schedule 1—Courts and tribunals exempt in respect of non administrative matters
Schedule 2
Schedule 3—Secrecy provisions
Schedule 4—Research institutions
- Endnotes

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