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Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Director of National Parks as part of a batch sent to 166 authorities

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

The request was successful.

Dear Director of National Parks,

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

FOI Contact Officer, Director of National Parks

Dear Ben

Thank you for your email.

We advise that there are no FOI Authorisations currently in place for the Director of National Parks.

The Director of National Parks holds the decision making power under the FOI Act.

However, FOI requests made upon the Director of National Parks are often processed as being made upon the Department of the Environment and Energy. In these cases the Department of the Environment and Energy FOI authorisations apply.

As we have released this information to you administratively, we have taken your request to be withdrawn.

Regards

FOI Contact Officer | General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: 02 6274 2098

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