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6 January 2017
Our reference: LEX 24845
Justin Clacherty
Right to Know
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Dear Mr Clacherty
Acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your revised request, received on 5 January 2017, for access to documents under
the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act). I have taken your revised request to be
for:
'1) Any documents which record the number of incidents of clients threatening self-
harm for the period 1st January, 2015 to 31st December, 2016, inclusive; and
2) Any documents which break these numbers down by month, quarter, or other time
period, whichever is most granular'.
As noted in our letter dated 5 January 2017, we will treat your request as valid from the date
you submitted your revised request. The 30 day statutory period for processing your request
commenced from the day after that date. Our decision is now due on 4 February 2017.
However, as this is a Saturday you should receive a decision from us no later than
6 February 2017.
The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the
amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. If a preliminary assessment of charges is
made this change the date the decision is due.
Your Address
The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address which we can send notices to. You
have advised your email address is i
s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. We
will send all notices and correspondence to this address. Please advise us as soon as
possible if you wish correspondence to be sent to another address or if your address
changes. If you do not advise us of changes to your address, correspondence and notices
will continue to be sent to the address specified above.
Disclosure Log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log on
the department's website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires this publication, however it is
subject to certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business, professional
or commercial information would be unreasonable.
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Exclusion of junior department employee details
The department is working towards ensuring that all employees have a choice about whether
they provide their full name, personal logon identifiers and direct contact details in response
to public enquiries. Where such details are included in the scope of a request, this may add
to processing time and applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the
details are exempt under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise, we will
assume that these details are out of scope of your request and they will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act.
Further assistance
If you have any questions please email
xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Yours sincerely
Clara
Authorised Decision Maker
FOI Legal Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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