20321ab7_nformation_Commissioner___OAIC_reedom_of_Information_Act_1982_Issue_description
[FOI Act Part] Part VII — Review by Information Commissioner [FOI Act section] 54P [Recommended action] The Act should be amended to make all of the notice provisions practical and consistent. [Issue description] 
Some of the notice provisions in the Act are impractical and inconsistent. For example, s 54P provides that, if an agency or minister refuses access where a third party consultation requirement applies and the FOI applicant subsequently applies for IC review of the access refusal decision, the agency or minister must notify the third party of the application. There is no equivalent provision for notifying FOI applicants where a third party seeks IC review of an access grant decision.
Review of freedom of information legislation| Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - OAIC
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