Our reference: FOI 20/21-0667
GPO Box 700
Canberra, ACT, 2601
1800 800 110
24 June 2021
ndis.gov.au
Karen Reynolds
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Karen Reynolds
Freedom of Information request — Notification of Third Party Consultation
Thank you for your correspondence of 16 April 2021, in which you requested access under
the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to documents held by the National Disability
Insurance Agency (NDA).
As your request includes documents which contain information about the business,
commercial or financial affairs of an organisation, or a person’s business or professional
affairs, we are required to consult with the person or organisation concerned before making
a decision on the release of the documents.
For this reason, the timeframe for processing your request has been extended by 30-days,
to allow us time to consult with that person or organisation. The processing period for your
request will now end on 24 July 2021.
Consultation - business information
We are required to consult when we believe a person or organisation 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. We will take into account any comments we receive from the person or
organisation but the final decision about whether to grant you access to the documents rests
with us.
Consent to disclose your name Your personal privacy is important to us and we will only disclose your name with your
consent. However, to assist us in conducting the consultation, we seek your consent to
disclose your name to the relevant person or organisation. If you do not to consent to this,
we will not be able to identify you as the applicant of the FOI request. This may affect the
responses given by the person or organisation.
Please advise whether you consent to the disclosure of your name by
5:00pm 28 June
2021. If we do not hear from you by this date, we will proceed on the basis that you do not
consent to us disclosing your name.
Please contact us at
xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx if you have any questions or require help.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Parliamentary, Ministerial & FOI Branch
Government Division
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