20321ab7_nformation_Commissioner___OAIC_reedom_of_Information_Act_1982_Issue_description
[FOI Act Part] Part VII — Review by Information Commissioner [FOI Act section] 55D(1) [Recommended action] Section 55D(1) should be amended to make it clear that s 55D applies to access requests (made under s 15) and amendment requests (made under s 48). [Issue description] 
The explanatory memorandum to the amending legislation, at p 33, says that the onus provision in s 55D was intended to reproduce in Part VII the effect of s 61 of the pre-reform Act, which applied to 'proceedings under this Part' (that Part then related to AAT review). However, the reference to 'a request or application under section 48', in s 55D(1), is unclear: is it a reference to amendment requests made under s 48, or to access requests (made under s 15) as well as amendment requests?
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