Deferral of access
21 Deferral of access
An agency may defer access to a document—
if it is a document that is required by law to be published but is yet to be published; or
if it is a document that has been prepared for presentation to
Parliament but is yet to be presented; or
if it is a document that has been prepared for submission to a particular person or body but is yet to be submitted.
A
State Government agency may defer access to a document—
if it is a document that has been designated by the responsible
Minister for the agency as appropriate for presentation to
Parliament, but is yet to be presented; or
if it is a document that has been designated by the responsible
Minister for the agency as appropriate for submission to a particular person or body, but is yet to be submitted.
Access to a document to which subsection (1)(a) applies may not be deferred beyond the time the document is required by law to be published.
Access to a document to which subsection (1)(b),
(c),
(a) or
(b) applies may not be deferred for more than a reasonable time after the date of its preparation.
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