Our reference: FOI 22/23-0066
GPO Box 700
Canberra, ACT, 2601
12 September 2022
1800 800 110
ME
ndis.gov.au
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear ME
Freedom of Information request — Notification of Third Party Consultation
Thank you for your correspondence of 12 July 2022, 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 another individual’s personal information,
we are required to consult with that individual 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 wil now end on
10 October 2022.
Consultation - personal information
We are required to consult when we believe an individual (or their representative) may wish
to contend that the requested documents are exempt because of personal privacy. We wil
take into account any comments we receive from the individual but the final decision about
whether to grant you access to the documents you requested rests with us.
Consent to disclose your name
Your personal privacy is important to us and we wil 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 wil not be
able to identify you as the applicant of the FOI request. This may affect the responses given
by the person or organisation.
Can you please let us know whether you consent to the disclosure of your name by 15
September 2022.
If we do not hear from you by this date, we wil 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
Kylie
Acting Assistant Director FOI
Parliamentary, Ministerial & FOI Branch
Government Division
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