Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
Office address (inc courier deliveries):
Level 7, 120 Col ins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Mail address for Melbourne office:
20 July 2021
GPO Box 9827,
Brisbane QLD 4001
Mr Lucas Baird
Tel: +61 1300 935 075
Fax: +61 1300 729 000
By email only:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
www.asic.gov.au
Dear Mr Baird
Freedom of Information Request No. FOI 128-2021
Acknowledgement of Request
I refer to your email received by ASIC on 12 July 2021 under the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (
FOI Act) in which you have sought information from the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (
ASIC).
Your request seeks access to the following information:
“any and all communications between ASIC and any airlines about
securing them as the preferred provider of travel services to the
regulator for financial year 2021 and financial year 2022.
I also request any log of gifts as accrued to regulatory staff from the
airlines, including upgrades, lounge access and any other hospitality”
Partial transfer
I can advise that we have identified that the first part of your request is
more appropriately responded to by another agency. Accordingly, the
first element of your request has been transferred to The Department of
Finance under s 16(1)(b) of the FOI Act. Section 16(1)(b) enables an
agency to transfer a request, or part of a request, if the subject matter of
the request is more closely connected with the functions of another
agency.
The FOI team at the Department of Finance can be contacted with
respect to your request
at xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Processing of the remaining request
ASIC wil process the remaining aspects of your request. We have taken the
scope of your request to refer to gifts received in the 2021 and 2022 financial
years. I note that
ASIC’s Gifts Benefits and Hospitality register is publicly
available and contains details of all gifts, benefits and hospitality accepted by
ASIC staff that are valued at $100 and over.

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As your request was received on 12 July 2021 and the 30-day statutory period
for processing the request commenced on the day after the date of receipt,
you should expect a decision to be made by
11 August 2021.
The 30-day processing period may be extended should ASIC find it is necessary
to consult third parties, where a charge is to be imposed on the processing of
the request or for other reasons. You wil be advised if there are changes to the
30-day processing period.
Please note that any documents released to you under the FOI Act may later
be published online on the ASIC disclosure log in accordance with our
obligation to do so under the Act. This requirement to publish released
documents is subject to certain exceptions for example, personal or business
information wil not be published where it would be unreasonable.
Yours sincerely,
Justin Frank
(Authorised decision maker under section 23(1) of the FOI Act)