FOI Fact Sheet
Schedule of fees and charges
Under the
Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2018 The South Australian
Freedom of Information Act 1991 (the FOI Act) gives you a legal right to request access to
any documents held by the University.
The fol owing fees and charges may apply to your request depending on scope and circumstances.
1. On application for access to the University's documents
($40.75)
2. In addition to the fees specified in subclause 1, the fol owing fees are payable in respect of the giving of
access to a University document:
a. in the case of a document that contains information concerning the personal affairs of the
applicant:
i. for up to the first two hours spent by the University in dealing with the application and
giving access
(No charge)
ii. for each subsequent 15 minutes spent by the University
($15.40)
b. in any other case - for each 15 minutes so spent by the University
($15.40) c. where access is to be given in the form of a photocopy of the document (
$0.25/page)
d. where access is to be given in the form of a written transcript of words recorded or contained in the
document
($9.10/page)
e. where access is to be given in the form of a copy of a photograph, x-ray, video tape, computer tape
or computer disk
(the actual cost incurred in producing the copy)
f. where a document is to be given to the applicant by post or delivery
(the actual cost incurred in
posting or delivering the document)
3. On application for review of a determination made by the University (
$40.75)
Waiver and remission of fees and charges
A fee or charge wil be waived where a person satisfies the University:
a. that he or she is the holder of a current State concession card issued by the Commonwealth;
b. that he or she is the holder of a current State concession card issued by the Department for Family and
Community Services;
c. that he or she is a totally and permanently incapacitated disability pensioner;
d. that he or she is a British Commonwealth Service Pensioner in receipt of a pension from, and assessed as
eligible by, the Commonwealth Department of Veteran Affairs;
e. that he or she is in receipt of Commonwealth unemployment or sickness benefits or State financial
assistance;
f. that he or she is a holder of a student identification card issued under the State Transport Authority Act,
1974; or
g. by such other evidence as the University may require that the fee or charge should be waived or remitted
on the grounds of financial hardship.
Revised July 2023
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FOI Fact Sheet
Further Information
For questions specifical y related to your application, contact the University’s FOI Officer:
Legal Services Branch
The University of Adelaide SA 5005
Tel: (08) 8313 5804
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx If you want more information about how FOI operates in South Australia, please visit the State Records of SA
website at
www.archives.sa.gov.au. You can also download a free copy of the
Freedom of Information Act 1991 and
Freedom of Information (Fees and
Charges) Regulations 2018 from the South Australian legislation website at
www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Revised July 2023
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