20321ab7_nformation_Commissioner___OAIC_reedom_of_Information_Act_1982_Issue_description
[FOI Act Part] Part III — Access to documents [FOI Act section] 26, 54N(1)(b) [Recommended action] The Act should be amended to require notices of decision to be given in all of the circumstances set out in the FOI Guidelines [8.69]. [Issue description] 
An application for IC review must include a copy of a notice of decision issued under s 26 (see s 54N(1)(b)). However, in some circumstances there is no requirement under the Act for the decision maker to have provided the IC review applicant with a s 26 notice: for example, in the case of third party applicants or applicants seeking review of a charges decision.
Review of freedom of information legislation| Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - OAIC
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