If not delivered return to PO Box 7820 Canberra BC ACT 2610 
 
 
 
 
18 December 2017 
 
 
Our reference:  LEX 33916 
Mr Charles Powers 
 
Only by email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx  
 
 
Dear Mr Powers 
 
Acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information Request 
 
I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 
(the FOI Act). You requested access to:  
'I would like all reports given to the Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Department 
or Office of Legal Services Coordination regarding compliance with the Legal 
Services Directions, including but not limited to annual compliance certificates, for the 
period 1 July 2015 to present'. 
Timeframe to Process Your FOI Request - extension of time 
 
Your request was received by the department on 14 December 2017 and the 30 day 
statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date.  
 
Due to the department's reduced activity period over December and January, we are seeking 
your permission to extend the processing time by an extra 15 days to allow us to process 
your request. This means the date you can expect to receive a decision from us should be no 
later than 29 January 2017. 
 
Unless we hear otherwise from you, we propose to treat this as an extension of time by 
agreement under the FOI Act (s15AA). If, however, you have any concerns with that 
timeframe, please let us know by emailing us at the email address set out below. 
 
Charges 
 
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. No charge is payable for providing a 
person with their own personal information. 
 
Your Address 
 
The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address which we can send notices to. You 
have advised your electronic address is 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. 
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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. 
 
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 
 
 
FOI Registration Officer 
Freedom of Information Team 
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division  
Department of Human Services 
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