Our reference:
ACTHDFOI21-22.28
i: a man; Shaun
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear i: a man; Shaun
NOTIFICATION OF CLOSURE ON YOUR ACCESS APPLICATION
I refer your access application under Section 30 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2016 (FOI Act)
received by ACT Health Directorate (ACTHD) on
Monday 18 October 2021.
This application requested access to:
‘ The ACT Legislation: Magna Carta (1297) 25 Edw 1 c 29 (
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/db_... ), reads:
"We wil sel to no man, and we wil not deny or defer to any man, either justice or right."
and, there is no ACT legislation that states/reads (or similar to):
1. a qualified employee (or assign) of the ACT Health Protection Service has the authority
and right to order a man or woman in common law to give up a right.
2. a qualified employee (or assign) of the ACT Health Protection Service has the authority
and right to order a man or woman in common law to carry out an order or demand or
directive
Is there a internal policy or directive or law (or other) that makes the above (or similar)
claims/statements (point 1 and 2)? If so, provide: a copy of the internal policy or directive or
law (or other) and the name of the qualified employee or assign (or other) that made it.’
I am an Information Officer appointed by the Director-General of ACT Health Directorate (ACTHD)
under Section 18 of the FOI Act to deal with access applications made under Part 5 of the Act.
Decisions
I am writing to advise you that a period of three months has passed since our last correspondence to
you on
3 November 2021. No response has been received from you to date hence your access
application has been formally closed as outlined in S
ection 34(6) The respondent (b) need not deal
further with the application if it is suspended under subsection (4) for 3 months or longer.
Additionally, on
18 January 2022 you were invited under Section 31 of the FOI Act to provide more
detail on a specific order or directive issued by the ACT Health Directorate to enable the Directorate
to identify the government information applied for, in accordance with Section 30 of the FOI Act.
Alternatively, you were invited to contact the FOI team to discuss the matter further.
GPO Box 825 Canberra ACT 2601 | phone: 132281 | www.health.act.gov.au
This offer is stil open to you, although this matter is now formal y closed. Should you wish to
provide further information you are not precluded from submitting the application at a later date
with the information required.
Further assistance
Should you have any queries in relation to your request, please do not hesitate to contact the
FOI Coordinator on (02) 5124 9831 or email
xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Vanessa Dal Molin
Executive Branch Manager
Policy and Support Systems, COVID-19 Response
11 February 2022
