Freedom of Information Amendment (Annual Reports) Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 387

New South Wales

Freedom of Information Amendment

(Annual Reports) Regulation 2007

under the

Freedom of Information Act 1989

Her Excellency the Governor, 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
Section 68 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 requires each agency under that Act to report annually to Parliament on the agency’s obligations under the Act. The Freedom of Information Regulation 2005 requires an annual report to include the information required by the FOI Manual, in the form required by the FOI Manual.
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Freedom of Information Regulation 2005 to make it clear that, when the FOI Manual is updated before an annual report is prepared, the relevant edition of the FOI Manual is the edition in force at the end of the reporting year to which the report relates.
This Regulation also:

(a)	specifies the office in a public authority (the Cancer Institute (NSW)) the holder of which is the principal officer of that authority, and
(b)	omits from the list of public authorities an authority that no longer exists (the Delegate District Hospital).

This Regulation is made under the Freedom of Information Act 1989, including section 69

(the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 101 of 17 August 2007, page 5748	Page 1
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Clause 1	Freedom of Information Amendment (Annual Reports) Regulation 2007

Freedom of Information Amendment (Annual Reports)

Regulation 2007

under the

Freedom of Information Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

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

2 Amendment of Freedom of Information Regulation 2005

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

2007 No 387

Freedom of Information Amendment (Annual Reports) Regulation 2007

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 10 Reports to Parliament

Omit clause 10 (2). Insert instead:

(2)

The required information must be set out:

(a)	in relation to a report for any reporting year up to and including the year ending on 30 June 2007—in the form required by the relevant section of Appendix B to the third edition of the document entitled FOI Procedure Manual published in 1994, or
(b)	in relation to any later reporting year—in the form required by the relevant section of Appendix B to the FOI Manual (as in force at the end of the reporting year to which the report relates).

[2]      Clause 10 (4), definition of “required information”

Omit the definition. Insert instead:

required information means:

(a)	in relation to a report for any reporting year up to and including the year ending on 30 June 2007—the information required by Appendix B to the third edition of the document entitled FOI Procedure Manual published in 1994, or
(b)	in relation to any later reporting year—the information required by Appendix B to the FOI Manual (as in force at the end of the reporting year to which the relevant report relates).

[3]      Schedule 1 Principal offices

Insert in alphabetical order:

Cancer Institute (NSW) Chief Cancer Officer

[4]      Schedule 3 Public authorities

Omit the matter relating to the Delegate District Hospital from Part 3.

BY AUTHORITY