Our ref: CMTEDD 20/16-17
Mr Jeremy Cooper-Stout
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Cooper-Stout
Freedom of Information Request – Kingston & Barton Residents Group
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request submitted under section 14 of the
ACT
Freedom of Information Act 1989 (the Act), received by Chief Minister, Treasury and
Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) on 16 September 2016.
In your request, you are specifically seeking:
“… all correspondence received by the Chief Minister from the Kingston & Barton
Residents Group Inc. since 1 January 2012.”
Processing Time
CMTEDD is required to provide you with a decision on access to documents within the
terms of the request within 30 days after the date the request was received, unless an
extension of time has been negotiated with you. The due date for a decision on your
request is 16 October 2016 which in this case will be a Sunday. Section 151A of the
Legislation Act 2001 al ows for the decision to be provided to you on the next available
working day after a weekend or public holiday. Therefore you should receive a decision
on your request by
Monday, 17 October 2016.
Processing Charges
Processing charges may be payable in relation to time spent in searching for and
retrieving relevant documents, decision-making time and photocopying. In the event
the decision-maker decides that you are liable to pay a charge in respect of the
processing of your request, you will be notified of the preliminary assessment of the
charge and have full opportunity to contend that the charge should not be imposed or
should be reduced.
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development
GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601 | phone: 132281 | www.act.gov.au
Online Freedom of Information (FOI) Policy
Please be aware that under the ACT Government’s Online FOI Publication Policy,
information released to you in response to your FOI request may be released on the
internet. The policy, with details about what information may be published on the
internet, is available at
http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/250333/FOI_Web_Release_P
olicy_-_Final.pdf.
Information of personal or business affairs will not be made available under this policy.
In the meantime, if you have any queries concerning this Directorate’s processing of
your request, or would like further information, please contact me on (02) 6207 5883 or
e
mail xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Corinne Thompson
FOI Officer
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
28 September 2016
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