Right to Information Act 2009

An agency or Minister may refuse to deal with an amendment application or, if the agency or Minister is considering 2 or more amendment applications by the applicant, all the applications, if the agency or Minister considers the work involved in dealing with the application or all the applications would, if carried out—

substantially and unreasonably divert the resources of the agency from their use by the agency in the performance of its functions;

interfere substantially and unreasonably with the performance by the Minister of the Minister’s functions.

Without limiting the matters to which the agency or Minister may have regard in making a decision under subsection (1), the agency or

in identifying, locating or collating any document in the filing system of the agency or the Minister’s office; or

in making a copy, or edited copy, of any document; or

in notifying any final decision on the application.

In deciding whether to refuse, under subsection (1), to deal with an amendment application, an agency or Minister must not have regard to—

any reasons the applicant gives for applying for amendment; or

the agency’s or Minister’s belief about what are the applicant’s reasons for applying for amendment.