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The Australian Information Commissioner can issue guidelines about the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) under s 93A. Section 93A also requires Australian Government ministers and agencies to have regard to these guidelines when performing a function or exercising a power under the FOI Act. These FOI guidelines are not legislative instruments.

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Summary of version changes to s 93A guidelines

3 September 2021

Chapters of the FOI Guidelines are updated individually. This page contains archived versions of each chapter, and notes on the changes between versions for each chapter.

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FOI Guidelines

Summary of version changes to s 93A guidelines

Part 1 — Introduction to the Freedom of Information Act 1982

Part 2 — Scope of application of the Freedom of Information Act 1982

Part 3 — Processing and deciding on requests for access

Part 4 — Charges for providing access

Part 5 — Exemptions

Part 6 — Conditional exemptions

Part 7 — Amendment and annotation of personal records

Part 8 — This Part has been superseded and the content moved to Part 3

Part 9 — Internal agency review of decisions

Part 10 — Review by the Information Commissioner

Part 11 — Investigations and complaints

Part 12 — Vexatious applicant declarations

Part 13 — Information publication scheme

Part 14 — Disclosure log

Part 15 — Reporting

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