Freedom of Information (Exempt Agency) (Public Advocate) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SA)

South Australia

Freedom of Information (Exempt Agency) (Public Advocate) Amendment Regulations 2022

under the Freedom of Information Act 1991

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

Part 2—Amendment of Freedom of Information (Exempt Agency) Regulations 2008

3            Insertion of regulation 15

15          Exempt agency in respect of certain functions—Public Advocate

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Exempt Agency) (Public Advocate) Amendment Regulations 2022.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation 4 months after the day on which they are made (see Legislative Instruments Act 1978 section 10AA).

Part 2—Amendment of Freedom of Information (Exempt Agency) Regulations 2008

3—Insertion of regulation 15

After regulation 14 insert:

15—Exempt agency in respect of certain functions—Public Advocate

For the purposes of the definition of exempt agency in section 4(1) of the Act, the Public Advocate established under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 is declared to be an exempt agency in respect of—

(a)functions exercised as a guardian; and

(b)investigations of the affairs of persons under section 28 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993; and

(c)functions under the Advance Care Directives Act 2013 relating to dispute resolution; and

(d)functions under the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995 relating to dispute resolution.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 17 February 2022

No 13 of 2022