LEX database entries for 'Sandbank'
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
In several proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)/Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), the NDIA has engaged Micheal Sandbank to act as an Independent Medical Expert (IME)/Independent Expert Clinician (ICE). Usually this is to prepare an Independent Medical Examination/report for the proceeding, and also sometimes to appear as an expert witness at a hearing.
I request all entries contained in the NDIA's LEX database which reference 'Sandbank'.
Please provide me with a complete record of all such LEX database entries, containing all entered fields, in Microsoft Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
David Wright
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Dear David Wright
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Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request. If you
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Laura
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Dear David Wright
Thank you for your request for information.
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request. If you
require this attachment in a different format, please let us know.
Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.
Kind regards
Laura
Assistant Director
Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch
Reviews and Information Release Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
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Dear David Wright
Thank you for your request for information.
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request. If you
require this attachment in a different format, please let us know.
Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.
Kind regards
Laura
Assistant Director
Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch
Reviews and Information Release Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
E [2][NDIA request email]
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[4]LGBTIQA+ rainbow graphic
The NDIA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout
Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We
pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders past, present
and emerging.
[5]Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags graphic
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2. mailto:[NDIA request email]
Dear David Wright
Thank you for your request for information.
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request. If you
require this attachment in a different format, please let us know.
Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.
Kind regards
Laura
Assistant Director
Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch
Reviews and Information Release Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
E [2][NDIA request email]
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pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders past, present
and emerging.
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Dear Laura
Thank you for your response to my request.
Without seeing LEX and how it works, it is difficult for me to limit the scope of my request. But I am basing my request on the assumption that LEX is a database containing forms with standard field entries, which NDIA staff can fill in and submit to produce records. With the option of attaching linked documents.
You make reference to 'linked documents' in your response, which you describe as 'records and notes in the form of emails, attachments, file notes, references to legislative acts, staff reminders, timesheet entries, invoices, and more', and 'documents which may be many pages in length and may take the form of personal emails, medical reports, assessments, and other highly sensitive materials.'
My request is limited to just the main form entries. I am not seeking copies of any such 'linked documents'.
You also advise the NDIA doesn’t operate a single LEX system, but rather has multiple LEX systems, with each LEX system designed for use in a particular sub-team within the NDIA. I can advise that the keyword I have requested you search relates to Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) / Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) matters. If you have a single or limited number of LEX databases recording information in relation to AAT/ART matters, these would be the databases in which to search.
Further, the keyword that I have requested you search for - 'Sandbank' – is not a particularly common word/name. I don't believe it would be shared by numerous other people – including NDIS participants and NDIA staff members - especially when limited to a search of only AAT/ART-related information. I also don't believe that running this word through your relevant LEX database (or databases) will contain a large number of hits, especially with linked documents excluded from your search.
Can you please tell me the number of hits you receive when running this keyword through your relevant database(s), excluding any linked documents?
If you cannot produce the information in an excel format, then I would be open to receiving it in another format.
Yours sincerely,
David Wright