23 Marcus Clarke Street
Canberra ACT 2601
GPO Box 3131
Canberra ACT 2601
Our ref:
1004021
tel: (02) 6243 1111
Contact officer:
FOI Team
fax: (02) 6243 1199
Contact phone:
02 6243 1244
www.accc.gov.au
21 November 2019
Ms Julie Middleton
Sent via email to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Ms Middleton
Acknowledgment of request for access under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) acknowledges
receipt of your email of 8 November 2019 requesting, under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth), to:
‘copies of the fol owing reports produced by:
1. Cumpston Sarjeant Pty Ltd, which was commissioned by the Law Council of
Australia; and
2. Finity Consulting, which was commissioned by the Insurance Council of
Australia.’
Timeframe for processing your request
The ACCC has 30 days to process your request, beginning 8 November 2019. This
timeframe may be extended by the ACCC where consultation with third parties is
necessary.
Charges
If the ACCC decides that you should pay a charge to process your request, we wil
notify you of the likely cost of processing your request and your options if you
disagree. The statutory timeframe is placed on hold from when this is sent to you and
resumes at a later time.
We wil notify you of any charges in relation to your request as soon as practicable.
Consultation with third parties
The ACCC may be required to consult with businesses or individuals (third parties)
where you have sought information about those third parties. The Act grants an extra
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30 days processing time for the ACCC to undertake this consultation. You wil be
advised if we extend the timeframe to al ow third party consultation.
Decision
A decision maker wil assess the documents (if any) to decide if we can release
them, or if they are exempt from release. We wil send you the decision and notify
you of your review rights.
We wil only release documents once any applicable processing charge is paid.
If we cannot locate any documents that are covered by the scope of your request, we
wil advise you of this and your review rights.
Publication of documents released under FOI
Material released under FOI may be published on our website unless we consider it
unreasonable to do so.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact me on
(02) 6243 1244.
Yours sincerely
Sonya Petreski
FOI Officer
ACCC Legal Group
Sent by email 21/11/2019
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