Our reference: CB 24-131
Mr Ryan Austin
By Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Austin,
Decision on your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your request of 7 October 2023, to the Classification Board (the Board), seeking access to documents
under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
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Your request
You requested access to:
All documents relating to the classification of the film 'Heavy Traffic' (R18+)
- December 1, 1973 (35mm) (File number: T74/622) (0020862E1379)
- February 1, 1984 (Videotape) (File number: T74/622) (00403A9B6C91)
1.1 Clarification/Modification of scope of request
On 9 October 2023, following consultation with you, you agreed to modify the scope of your request to the
following:
The Classification Board reports, Classifiers blues papers, and Classification Certificates for:
The classification of the film 'Heavy Traffic (R18+):
December 1, 1973 (35mm) (File number: T74/622) (0020862E1379)
February 1, 1984 (Videotape) (File number: T74/622) (00403A9B6C91)
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Authority to make decision
I am authorised to make decisions in relation to Freedom of Information requests under section 23(1) of the
FOI Act.
GPO Box 594, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
1800 075 001
infrastructure.gov.au | arts.gov.au
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Decision
I have identified 5 documents that are relevant to your request. These documents were in the possession of
the Board when your request was received.
I have decided to grant access in full to relevant information in 5 documents
A schedule setting out the documents relevant to your request, with my decision in relation to those
documents, is
at ATTACHMENT A.
3.1 Section 22 – deletion of irrelevant material
Section 22 of the FOI Act applies to documents containing irrelevant material and allows an agency to delete
such material from a document.
I decided that the documents captured by your request contain material which can reasonably be regarded as
irrelevant to your request. As such, an edited copy of those documents has been prepared in accordance with
section 22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act. This information is marked ‘s22’ in the documents released to you.
The documents contain personal identifiers of public servants. When your request was acknowledged, we
notified you that personal information of public servants below the SES level and all email addresses, signatures
and direct telephone numbers would be considered irrelevant to the scope of your request unless you told us
that you were expressly seeking access to that information. On the basis that you did not notify us otherwise,
I decided this information is irrelevant to your request and it has been deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act
as outlined above.
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Material taken into consideration
In making my decision, I had regard to the following:
• the terms of your request
• the content of the documents captured by your request
• the provisions of the FOI Act
• the guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner under section 93A of the FOI Act (the
FOI Guidelines)
• advice from officials with responsibility for the subject matter contained in the documents captured by
your request
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Legislative provisions
The FOI Act, including the provisions referred to in my decision, are available on the Federal Register of
Legislation website:
www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2004A02562.
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Your review rights
Your review rights in relation to this decision are set out at
ATTACHMENT B.
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Publication of material released under the FOI Act
Where I have decided to release documents to you, we may also publish the released material on our Disclosure
Log. We will not publish personal or business affairs information where it would be unreasonable to do so.
For your reference our Disclosure Log can be found here:
www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us/freedom-
information/freedom-information-disclosure-log.
Further information
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts provides
administrative assistance to the Classification Board in relation to FOI matters. If you require further
information regarding this decision, please contact the Department’s FOI Section at
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Fiona Jolly
Director
Classification Board
Date: 30 October 2023
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ATTACHMENT A.
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS CB 24-131
Doc Date of
Description of document
Num of
Decision on access
Provision
No. document
Pages
of FOI
Act
1.
5 /12/1973
Classifier’s viewing notes and
3
Access granted in full
s 22
summary
to relevant
information
2.
5 /12/1973
Classifier’s viewing notes and
4
Access granted in full
s 22
summary
to relevant
information
3.
5 /12/1973
Classifier’s viewing notes and
5
Access granted in full
s 22
summary
to relevant
information
4.
1 1/12/1973
Certificate of Registration
1
Access granted in full
s 22
to relevant
information
5.
2 1/05/1984
Classification certificate
1
Access granted in full
s 22
to relevant
information
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ATTACHMENT B.
YOUR REVIEW RIGHTS
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for a review of it.
Information Commissioner review or complaint
You have the right to seek a review by the Information Commissioner of this decision.
An application for IC review must be made in writing to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
(OAIC) within 60 days of the decision.
If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your FOI request, you can lodge a complaint with the
OAIC. However, the OAIC suggests that complaints are made to the agency in the first instance.
More information about the Information Commissioner reviews and complaints is available on the OAIC website
here: www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-review-process.
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