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Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Education as part of a batch sent to 166 authorities

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Dear Department of Education,

Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to others.

I'm hoping you can provide me with a copy of the current arrangements if possible.

If it helps, I'm happy for you to process this request under "administrative release" (https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...). This would reduce the cost and time required to make a formal decision.

That said, I understand sometimes you want the request to be formal. If you won't process it informally, please process my request for the document as a formal FOI Request.

Please note - While I volunteer for Right to Know, this request is made in a personal capacity and not on behalf of Right to Know.

Yours faithfully,

Ben Fairless

Education - FOI, Department of Education

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Dear Mr Fairless

 

The Department of Education and Training (the department) acknowledges
receipt of your email below.

 

Please find attached a copy of the department's FOI authorisation
instrument as requested.  The document is being provided to you as an
administrative release, outside of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

 

As the department has released the requested document to you in full, we
will treat your FOI request below as withdrawn unless we hear otherwise
from you by 28 November 2018.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Department of Education and Training

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless <[FOI #5038 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:51 PM
To: Education - FOI <[Department of Education request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations

 

Dear Department of Education,

 

Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer
or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to
others.

 

I'm hoping you can provide me with a copy of the current arrangements if
possible.

 

If it helps, I'm happy for you to process this request under
"administrative release"
([1]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...).
This would reduce the cost and time required to make a formal decision.

 

That said, I understand sometimes you want the request to be formal. If
you won't process it informally, please process my request for the
document as a formal FOI Request.

 

Please note - While I volunteer for Right to Know, this request is made in
a personal capacity and not on behalf of Right to Know.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ben Fairless

 

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