Freedom of Information Regulation 2017 (ACT)
Freedom of Information Regulation 2017
SL2017-42
made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2016
Republication No 1
Effective: 1 January 2018
Republication date: 1 January 2018
Regulation not amended
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Freedom of Information Regulation 2017, made under the Freedom of Information Act 2016 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 January 2018. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">
authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial amendments
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
Freedom of Information Regulation 2017
made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2016
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulation 2
3 Principal officers for other agencies—Act, dict, def principal officer, par (h) 2
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 3
2 Abbreviation key 3
3 Legislation history 4
4 Amendment history 4
Freedom of Information Regulation 2017
made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2016
Name of regulation
This regulation is the Freedom of Information Regulation 2017.
Principal officers for other agencies—Act, dict, def principal officer, par (h)
(1)The following people are prescribed:
(a)for a territory authority—the person who has responsibility for managing the affairs of the territory authority;
(b)for a territory instrumentality—the person who has responsibility for managing the affairs of the territory instrumentality.
(2)In this section:
territory authority—see the Act, section 15 (2).
territory instrumentality—see the Act, section 15 (2).
Endnotes
About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument AF = Approved form o = order am = amended om = omitted/repealed amdt = amendment ord = ordinance AR = Assembly resolution orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph CN = Commencement notice pres = present def = definition prev = previous DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously dict = dictionary pt = part disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule Assembly reloc = relocated div = division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No Gaz = gazette RI = reissue hdg = heading s = section/subsection IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law LR = legislation register sub = substituted LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Legislation history
Freedom of Information Regulation 2017 SL2017-42
notified LR 19 December 2017
s 1, s 2 commenced 19 December 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 1 January 2018 (s 2)Amendment history
Commencement
s 2om LA s 89 (4)
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