Application not for backup system documents

In force

(1)

An access application, however expressed, for a document does not require an agency or Minister to search for the document from a backup system.

(2)

However, subsection (1) does not prevent an agency or Minister searching for a document from a backup system if the agency or Minister considers the search appropriate.

Note—

While a search for a document from a backup system is not generally required before refusing access on the ground that the document is nonexistent or unlocatable, a search is required in the particular circumstances mentioned in section 52(2).

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