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29 March 2017
Our reference: LEX 28337
Mr Justin Warren
By email
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Dear Mr Warren
Freedom of Information Request - Third Party Consultation
I refer to your request dated 14 March 2017 and received by the Department of Human
Services (the
department) on the same day, for access under the
Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) to the following:
‘I request a copy of the Non Employment Income Data Matching (NEIDM) project's
program protocol that is mentioned in the Commonwealth Gazette dated August
2016.’
Third-party consultation - business documents
As your request covers documents which contain information concerning the business,
commercial or financial affairs of an organisation, or a person's business or professional
affairs, the department is required to consult with the person or organisation concerned
(under section 27 of the FOI Act) before making a decision on the release of those
documents.
For this reason the period for processing your request has been extended by 30 days in
order to allow the department time to consult with that person or organisation (section 15(6)
of the FOI Act). The processing period for your request will now end on 15 May 2017.
The consultation mechanism under section 27 applies when the department considers the
person or organisation concerned may wish to contend that the requested documents are
exempt because their release would disclose trade secrets or commercially valuable
information or may adversely affect their business or financial affairs. The department will
take into account any comments we receive from the person or organisation. However, the
final decision on whether to grant you access to the documents requested rests with this
department.
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Further assistance
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Yours sincerely
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services