2020-09-08 S&O Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 3 Delegations of Authority Council to Chief Executive (No Changes)

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                     LEGISLATION

Power, as agency, after considering an amendment application, to decide Section 70
whether amendment of the document is permitted.

Power, as agency, to give an applicant for an amendment application a Section 73(1)
prescribed written notice of the decision on the application.

Power, as agency, to not include reasons for a decision to permit amendment Section 73(2)
of the document in the notice given under section 73(1) Information Privacy
Act.

Power, as agency, to not include any exempt information or contrary to public Section 73(3)
interest information in the notice given under section 73(1) Information Privacy
Act.

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 period Section 87
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 it is reasonably practicable to give access to the copy.

Power, as agency, to give access to a copy of a document from which the Section 89
exempt information has been deleted.

Power, as agency, to give access to a copy of a document from which the Section 90
contrary to public interest information has been deleted.

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