Office of General Counsel
GPO Box 367
CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601
Mr Phil Richards
www.airservicesaustralia.com
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
ABN 59 698 720 886
Dear Mr Richards
Your Freedom of Information Request – Notice of liability to pay charges
I refer to your email dated 4 June 2018 in which you requested access under the
Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act) to:
1. All documents showing concerns, issues, non compliance, complaints around the sleeping
arrangements at the ARFF Canberra station. (including photos). Documents showing bedding on
floors in non bedroom areas.
2. Any correspondence from and to the UFUA (Aviation Branch) around the sleeping arrangements
around the concerns or issues with it.
I am an officer authorised under subsection 23(1) of the FOI Act to make decisions in relation to FOI requests.
I am writing to advise you of my decision that you are liable to pay a charge in relation to processing your
request.
Preliminary assessment of the charge
In accordance with section 29 of the FOI Act and the
Freedom of Information (Charges) Regulations 1982 (Cth), my preliminary assessment of the charge you are liable to pay is
$35.97.
An assessment of the work that would be involved in processing your request has been undertaken. The
following is a breakdown of the charges calculation:
Task
Cost
Search and retrieval of relevant files and documents
$14.25 (@$15/h)
Preparation of schedule of documents
Decision-making process, including examination of documents,
$121.72 (@$20/h)
third party consultation and preparation of documents for release.
Subtotal before deduction of 5 hours
$135.97
Subtotal after deduction of first 5 hours of free decision-
$35.97
making time
TOTAL CHARGE AND DEPOSIT
ESTIMATED TOTAL (Processing and Access & Access Charges)
$35.97
REQUIRED DEPOSIT*
$20
*Note: Where the charge exceeds $25 but is less than $100, a deposit of $20 is required. Where the charge exceeds
$100, a deposit of 25% of the total charge is payable.
Your right to contend the charge
Under the FOI Act, you have a right to contend that the charge:
has been wrongly assessed; or
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should be reduced; or
should not be imposed.
In deciding whether a charge should be reduced or not imposed, the decision-maker must take into account:
whether payment of the charge, or part of it, would cause you financial hardship;
whether giving access to the document(s) is in the general public interest or in the interest of a
substantial section of the public;
any other relevant matter.
If you wish to make a contention in relation to the imposition of charges, please provide reasons and evidence
in support of your submission.
Required action
You have 30 days to respond in writing to this notice and do one of the following things:
pay the charge (and pay any required deposit);
contend that the charge has been wrongly assessed, or should be reduced or not imposed; or
withdraw your request.
You may also wish to consider narrowing the scope of your request, which may result in a reduction to the
amount of charge payable.
If you do not respond to this notice within 30 days, your request will be taken to have been withdrawn.
The 30-day statutory period for processing your request is suspended from the date you receive this notice,
and resumes on either:
the day you pay the charge (in full or the required deposit); or
if applicable, the day on which Airservices decides not to impose the charge following a review under
the FOI Act.
How to pay
You can pay either via direct debit or cheque
1) When paying by
direct deposit to the following bank account:
Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Account Name: Airservices Australia
BSB Number: 064 008
Account Number: 10010887
Address: 333 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000
SWIFT: CTBAAU2S
When paying it is important that you quote the FOI reference (FOI35-0518) in the description field
2) If you wish to pay by
cheque please address your check to
Airservices Australia and mail it to:
Airservices Australia
FOI Coordinator
Office of General Counsel
GPO Box 367, Canberra ACT 2601.
Please quote the FOI reference (FOI35-0518) on the back of the cheque
Once you have made the payment or mailed the cheque please email
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx to
inform me that you have made a payment.
Contact
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If you wish to discuss this notice further, please contact me via email at xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Yours sincerely
Alice Richardson
FOI Coordinator
2 July 2018
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