OFFICIAL
EPA ref: FOI-003-2024
Jarred Crowe
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Jarred,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: NOTICE OF DECISION
This letter is to give you the decision on the request you made for documents under the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Your request is for:
I am formally requesting access to documents under FOI relating to vehicle testing notices issued
in the period between January 1, 2023, and December 24, 2023.
I kindly request the following documents;
1. Statistical reports that detail the number of vehicle testing notices issued for the above period
indicating the required tests (smoke or noise), per suburb, postcode or local government area.
2. Statistical reports for the above period, that detail the outcomes of issued vehicle testing
notices, indicating the percentage of passed/failed vehicles tested, or the percentage of
notices that returned a certificate of compliance.
3. EPA authorised officer handbook/training information, Only sections relating to processes and
requirements for issuing vehicle testing notices and related best practices.
4. All informational papers that are sent to vehicle owners who receive a vehicle testing notice,
explaining noise or smoke tests, legislation, CoC process and associated fees.
By email, on 7 March 2024, you excluded personal affairs information from the scope of your request.
EPA has identified
7 documents relevant to your request that comprise a total of 396 pages. The
documents include:
- Internal EPA procedure guides
- Statistical reports
- Information sheet on Vehicle Testing Notices
- National Stationary Noise Test Procedure
- ESMP data manual 1992
Decision and reasons for decision
I have decided to grant you access in full to 7 documents.
A Schedule of Documents is attached to this letter (Appendix A).
As personal information has been excluded from the scope of your request, it has been removed from the
documents.
epa.vic.gov.au
Environment Protection Authority Victoria
GPO Box 4395, Melbourne VIC 3001
1300 372 842
OFFICIAL
Access charges
In accordance with section 22 of the Act and the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Access Charges
Regulation 2014, EPA is entitled to seek from you charges for access to documents, including for:
Search time
Rate per hour (1.5 fee units or part thereof)
Hours
Charge
$23.85
1
$23.85
Reasonable costs incurred
Officer Victorian Public Service grade/rate per hour
Hours
Charge
VPS grade 4.1 / $46.10
1.5
$69.15
The cost to prepare a document under s 19, based on the
VPS Grade of the officer doing that work with their salary
broken down to an hourly rate.
Total charges
$93.00
Deposit paid
$69.15
Remaining balance
$23.85
You can pay the remaining access charges by credit card through the following EPA webpage:
https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/about-epa/online-payments/pay-an-invoice
Once at the page:
1. enter the following reference number in the ‘Invoice number’ field: 00032024
2. enter the total amount of access charges owing
3. click the ‘Pay now’ button.
If you are unable to pay online, please contact the FOI team for alternative arrangements.
If you have any questions about this decision, please email me at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx, or through our
Contact Centre on 1300 372 842.
Yours sincerely,
Julia Begley
Freedom of Information Officer
9 March 2024
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OFFICIAL
Appendix A – Schedule of Documents
FOI
Doc #
# Pages
File title
Document description
Decision summary
1
17
20240110 - FOI-003-2024 - Number of Vehicle
Graph showing number of vehicle testing
DISCLOSE IN FULL
Testing Notices Issued By Suburb
notices issued by EPA by suburb in Victoria
2
1
20240110 - FOI-003-2024 - Number of Vehicle
Graph showing number of vehicle testing
DISCLOSE IN FULL
Testing Notices Issued vs Number of
notices issued vs number of certificate of
Certificate of Compliances Received
compliances received
3
31
Procedure – Issue and manage vehicle testing EPA procedure manual
DISCLOSE IN FULL
notices
4
21
National Stationary Noise Test Procedures For Report prepared by National Transport
DISCLOSE IN FULL
In-Service Motor Vehicles
Commission on behalf of the Land Transport
Environment Committee
5
301
Publication 317.6 ESMP Data Manual
ESMP data manual 1992 dated July 2022
DISCLOSE IN FULL
6
23
Procedure – Receive and assess motor vehicle EPA procedure manual
DISCLOSE IN FULL
reports
7
2
VTN Info Sheet- 23 Nov 2023
Vehicle Test Notice information sheet
DISCLOSE IN FULL