Freedom of Information Amendment (Agencies) Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 386

New South Wales

Freedom of Information Amendment

(Agencies) Regulation 2007

under the

Freedom of Information Act 1989

The Administrator, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Freedom of Information Act 1989.

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Premier

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Freedom of Information Regulation 2005:

(a)	to require certain bodies and offices to be treated as part of other agencies for freedom of information purposes (rather than as separate agencies), and
(b)	to update references to certain departments and public authorities in that Regulation.

This Regulation is made under the Freedom of Information Act 1989, including sections 7 (3),

8 (2) and 69 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 101 of 17 August 2007, page 5743	Page 1
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Clause 1	Freedom of Information Amendment (Agencies) Regulation 2007

Freedom of Information Amendment (Agencies)

Regulation 2007

under the

Freedom of Information Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Freedom of Information Amendment (Agencies)
Regulation 2007.

2 Amendment of Freedom of Information Regulation 2005

The Freedom of Information Regulation 2005 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 10 Reports to Parliament

Omit the definition of FOI Manual in clause 10 (4). Insert instead:

FOI Manual means the document entitled NSW FOI Manual, published from time to time by the Department of Premier and Cabinet (or jointly with the Ombudsman’s Office). The Manual is accessible on the Internet website of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

[2]      Schedules 3 (Public authorities) and 4 (Public offices)

Omit “Premier’s Department” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “Department of Premier and Cabinet”.

[3]      Schedules 3 and 4

Omit “Department of Gaming and Racing” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation”.

[4]      Schedule 3

Omit “Department of Environment and Conservation” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “Department of Environment and Climate Change”.

[5]      Schedule 3

Omit “Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation” from the matter relating to the Boxing Authority.

Insert instead “Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation”.

[6]      Schedule 3

Omit “Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources” wherever occurring from the matter relating to the Building Regulations Advisory Council, the Chipping Norton Lake Authority, the South Sydney Development Corporation and the Sydney and Regional Centres Drinking Water Catchments REP Advisory Committee.

Insert instead “Department of Planning”.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

[7]      Schedule 3

Omit “Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability” wherever occurring.

Insert instead “Department of Water and Energy”.

[8]      Schedule 3

Omit “Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources” wherever occurring from the matter relating to the Lake Illawarra Authority and the Penrith Lakes Scheme Monitoring Committee.

Insert instead “Department of Environment and Climate Change”.

[9]      Schedule 3

Omit “Legal Practitioners Admission Board”.
Insert instead “Legal Profession Admission Board”.

[10]      Schedule 3

Omit “Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources” from the matter relating to a Local land board under the Western Lands Act 1901.

Insert instead “Department of Lands”.

[11]      Schedule 3

Omit “Attorney General’s Department” from the matter relating to the State
Debt Recovery Office.

Insert instead “The Treasury”.

[12]      Schedule 3

Omit the matter relating to the Stock Medicines Board.

[13]      Schedule 3

Omit “Attorney General’s Department” from the matter relating to the
Workers Compensation Commission.

Insert instead “WorkCover Authority”.

[14]      Schedule 3

Insert in Part 3 in alphabetical order under the headings “Body” and “Agency” the following:

Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Attorney General’s Department
Children’s Court	Attorney General’s Department

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Children’s Court Advisory Committee	Attorney General’s Department
Children’s Court Clinic	Attorney General’s Department
District Court	Attorney General’s Department
Drug Court	Attorney General’s Department
Dust Diseases Tribunal	Attorney General’s Department
Industrial Committee established under the	Attorney General’s Department
Industrial Relations Act 1996
Land and Environment Court	Attorney General’s Department
Law Reform Commission	Attorney General’s Department
Local Courts	Attorney General’s Department
Office of the Legal Services Commissioner	Attorney General’s Department
Office of the Sheriff	Attorney General’s Department
Privacy NSW	Attorney General’s Department
Public Defenders Office	Attorney General’s Department
Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages	Attorney General’s Department
Sentencing Council	Attorney General’s Department
Supreme Court	Attorney General’s Department
Victims Advisory Board	Attorney General’s Department
Victims Compensation Fund Corporation	Attorney General’s Department
Victims Compensation Tribunal	Attorney General’s Department

[15]      Schedule 4

Insert in Part 2 in alphabetical order under the headings “Office” and
“Agency” the following:

Commissioner of the Land and Environment Attorney General’s Department

Court

Costs assessor appointed under the Legal Attorney General’s Department

Profession Act 2004

Industrial Registrar  Attorney General’s Department

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