Australian Government
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FOi Reference: LEX1059
File No: 19/35247
15 January 2020
Chris H
By email to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Chris H
Re. Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your current request for access under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
FOi Act) to:
"I would like to request the full document of the Chino-Australia Free Trade Agreement
{ChAFTA} containing signatures of all parties."
Preliminary searches for documents relevant to your request have been completed.
I am an officer authorised under section 23 of the FOi Act to make decisions on the charge
for processing your request. I have decided that you are liable to pay a charge. Based on
tbe number of relevant pages, processing time and time taken by the decision maker (once
appointed) to assess your request (noting that the first five hours are free of charge), our
preliminary assessment of the amount of that charge is
$237.50.
Please note that at this stage in the FOi process, no decision has been made as to whether
the information you seek will be released or exempt under the FOi Act. My decision at this
stage relates only to the processing charges.
Under section 29 of the FOi Act, you now have 30 days within which to:
• agree to pay the charge;
• contend that the charge has been wrongly assessed, or should be reduced or not
imposed; or
• withdraw your request.
Should you agree to pay the charge, the
Freedom of Information (Fees &
Charges)
Regulations requires that you pay a deposit of
$59.38 before processing commences.
If you choose to pay only the deposit amount at this stage, you will be required to pay the
remainder of the charge prior to the release of any documents
Your payment method options are outlinedJn the
attachment.
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