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13 May 2016
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Mr Phillip Sweeney
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Sweeney
Acknowledgment of Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your email of 7 May 2016 in which you sought access under the
Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the following:
I am seeking a copy of the document recently lodged with ASIC by the legal firm
representing Dr Benjamin Koh seeking ASIC to enforce Section 156C of the Life
Insurance Act 1995 which alleges victimisation by one or more senior managers of
Comminsure.
The names of those alleged to have contravened Section 156C can be redacted if
necessary
Your request constitutes a valid application from 7 May 2016. Subject to certain
exceptions (for example where it becomes necessary to consult with affected third
parties in respect to the disclosure of documents caught by the terms of the request)
which may extend the processing time period, the FOI Act provides that an
application must be processed within 30 days after receipt of a valid application.
You should note that, while the first five hours of decision making is free of charge,
charges may be assessed for time spent in searching for and retrieving relevant
documents, decision-making time in excess of five hours, photocopying and postage.
You will be provided with a preliminary assessment of the charges before the final
decision is made about access to the documents you have requested. You will be told
the final assessment of the amount to be charged at the time of the decision about
access.
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Agency Publication Obligations
You are advised that Section 11C of the FOI Act requires ASIC to publish on our
public website, copies of any documents which may ultimately be released to you,
with the exception of personal information about any person,
or information
pertaining to the business, commercial or financial of any organisation
or information
pertaining to the business or professional affairs of any person, where it would be
unreasonable to publish that information
or documents in respect to which, the
necessary modifications to the document to be released would make the release of the
remainder of the document impractical. You are referred to the terms of section 11C.
Should you have any questions concerning the processing of your request please
contact me on telephone (02) 9911 5457 or via email at xxxxxx.xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours faithfully
Evelyn Ong
Australian Securities & Investments Commission
(Authorised Decision-maker under section 23(1) of the FOI Act)