13 May 2021
Mr Philip Sweeney
By Email only: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Sweeney
Freedom of Information Request No. 070 - 2021
Notice of third-party consultation
I refer to your request dated 2 May 2021 under the
Freedom of Information Act
1982 (
FOI Act) in which you seek access to documents in the possession of the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (
ASIC).
Your request seeks access to the fol owing documents:
“copies of any documents provided by John Hempton to ASIC as part
of this "schooling" engagement”
I have taken your request to be for any documents provided by Mr Hempton
to ASIC as notes, papers or presentations to assist him in the communication of
his perspective on the detection of frauds. Please advise me if this does not
accurately describe the documents you are seeking.
As your request covers documents which contain business information in
relation to third parties, ASIC is required to consult with those parties (under
sections 27 of the FOI Act) before making a decision on the release of the
documents you have requested.
For this reason, the period for processing your request has been extended by
30 days in order to al ow us time to consult with the individuals concerned
(section 15(6) of the FOI Act). The processing period for your request
commenced on the day after your request was made and wil now end on
1
July 2021.
The consultation mechanism under section 27 applies when we believe the
individual (or their representative) may wish to contend that the release of the
information could reasonably be expected to unreasonably affect that person
adversely in respect of his or her lawful business or professional affairs.
We wil consider any comments we receive from the parties that we consult
with but the final decision about whether to grant you access to the document
you have requested rests with ASIC.

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be published
online on our disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions. (For example,
personal information wil not be published where this would be unreasonable.)
If you have any questions, please contact the following officer:
Justin Frank
Lawyer, FOI & Privacy
xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Yours sincerely
Justin Frank
(Authorised decision maker under section 23(1) of the FOI Act)