Right to Information Act 2009
Application for Assessed Disclosure
Applicant’s Details:
Name:
Title:
Postal Address:
POSTCODE:
Daytime contact information:
Telephone:
Business
Home
Mobile
Email:
Public Authority or Minister applied to:
General topic of information applied for:
(one sentence summary of information requested)
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Description of efforts made prior to this application to obtain this information:
e.g. I have spoken to Service Tasmania or I have you looked at our website?
Application Fee or Application to Waive the Fee:
Application fee included (please tick)
Cheque or money order payable to Department of Justice for $41.25
Or Pay to Department of Justice Operating Account at Westpac BSB 037001A/C No. 267793 –
please include a payment reference - “RTI” and your name e.g. RTI AX Smith
(fee current as at 1 July 2021)
Of ice Use: Fee Received and Receipted:
YES/NO
OR
Application Member of
Financial Hardship
General public
for waiver:
Parliament, in
interest or benefit
relation to of icial
(eg holder of a
(you will need to
(please
Commonwealth Health
business
show that you
indicate
Care Card)
intend to use the
category)
information for
this purpose)
Reason Application fee should be waived:
(If there is insuf icient room in the space provided please attach further details.)
Proof of Identity:
If application is for release of your personal information you must provide proof of
identity before we can release the information – if lodging by email or mail you will
need to provide certified copies. (please tick if this applies to you)
Of ice Use: Proof of Identity Sighted/Received and Acceptable
YES/NO
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Details of the information sought:
(If there is insuf icient room in the space provided please attach further details.)
Applicant’s Signature:
Date:
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Information about assessed disclosure under the
Right to Information Act 2009
Object of the Act
Section 3 of the Act includes this statement of the objects of the Act:
(1) The object of this Act is to improve democratic government in Tasmania –
(a) by increasing the accountability of the executive to the people of Tasmania; and
(b) by increasing the ability of the people of Tasmania to participate in their governance; and
(c) by acknowledging that information colected by public authorities is colected for and on behalf of the people of
Tasmania and is the property of the State.
(2) This object is to be pursued by giving members of the public the right to obtain information held by public authorities and
Ministers.
(3) This object is also to be pursued by giving members of the public the right to obtain information about the operations of
Government.
(4) It is the intention of Parliament –
(a) that this Act be interpreted so as to further the object set out in subsection (1); and
(b) that discretions conferred by this Act be exercised so as to facilitate and promote, promptly and at the lowest
reasonable cost, the provision of the maximum amount of official information.
Applications for assessed disclosure
• Applications are to be addressed to:
RTI Officer
Department of Justice
GPO Box 825
Hobart TAS 7001
• Applications are to be made in writing and include the information required by Regulation 4 of the
Right to
Information Regulations 2010.
• Applications are to be accompanied by the application fee. This fee is 25 fee units, which is $38.75 as at 1 July
2017 and is indexed annual y.
• An applicant can apply for the application fee to be waived where the applicant is a Member of Parliament in
the pursuit of their of icial duty; where the applicant is impecunious; and where the information sought is
intended to be used for a purpose that is of general public interest or benefit
Responsibilities of the public authority
• Applicants are to be notified of the decision on an application for assessed disclosure within 20 working days
of the application being accepted by the public authority.
• Before the application is accepted, the public authority has a maximum of 10 working days to negotiate with
the applicant to further define the application.
• If a need to consult with a third party arises, a further 20 working days will be allowed in addition to the
original 20 days.
• If these time limits are not conformed with, the application wil be deemed to be refused and the applicant
may apply to the Ombudsman for a review of that decision.
Proof of Identity
• If you are applying for personal information related to you which is held by a public authority you wil need to
provide proof of identity prior to any information being released to you. This should be done at the time of
making your application.
• Photo Identification or a copy of photo identification which has been certified as a true copy by a Justice of
the Peace or a Commissioner for Declarations is the minimum acceptable.
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Document Outline
