2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   20 MAY 2014


DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                 LEGISLATION

Power, as agency, if a decision to amend the document is made, to make the     Section 74
amendment by altering the personal information or adding an appropriate
notation to the personal information.
Power, as agency, to waive an access charge.                                   Sections 80, 81
                                                                               and 82
Power, as agency, to refuse to give access to a document in a form Section 83(4)
requested, if it would:
(a) interfere unreasonably with Council’s operations, or
(b) be detrimental to the preservation of the document, or
(c) be inappropriate having regard to the physical nature of the document;
     or
(d) involve an infringement of the copyright of a person other than the
     State,
and give access in another form.
Power, as agency, to extend the period in which an applicant may access a Section 84(2)
document.
Power, as agency, to defer giving access to a document for a reasonable        Section 87
period if the document was prepared:
(a) for presentation to the Assembly or a committee of the Assembly; or
(b) for release to the media; or
(c) solely for inclusion in a document prepared for a purpose in (a) or (b).
Power, as agency, to delete irrelevant information from a copy of a requested Section 88
document when giving access to that requested document, if the agency
considers, after considering the terms of the application or consulting with the
applicant, that the applicant would accept the copy and it is reasonably
practicable to give access to the copy.
Power, as agency, to direct access to the document be given instead to an Section 92(2)
appropriately qualified healthcare professional nominated by the applicant
and approved by the agency, where access was refused under section
47(3)(d) of the Right to Information Act, as applied under the Information
Privacy Act.
Power, as agency, to apply to the information commissioner for approval to     Section 157
waive or modify the obligation to comply with the privacy principles.
Power, as agency, to ask the information commissioner to extend the time       Section 159
within which to take action stated in a compliance notice.
Power, as agency, to apply to QCAT, as provided under the QCAT Act, for        Section 161(1)
review of the information commissioner’s decision to give a compliance
notice.

Conditions of Delegation:
   1. The delegated officer must exercise this delegation in accordance with council;
      resolutions, policies, guidelines, procedures, industrial instruments and agreements.
   2. If the Chief Executive Officer on delegates any of these powers the delegated officer must
       exercise any delegated power in accordance with the scope and limitations of the subject
       officer’s letter of appointment and/or, position description, qualifications, technical
       knowledge and legislative requirements.


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