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Section 6Z - Compliance with Ministerial professional standards

Guidelines

Who do the Ministerial Professional Standards apply to?

1.1

Ministers and persons authorised to make freedom of information (FOI) decisions on behalf of Ministers (this may include an agency officer) must comply with Ministerial Professional Standards when making an FOI decision in relation to a request made to a Minister.3

1.2

An agency officer authorised to make an FOI decision regarding a request made to a Minister must comply with the Ministerial Professional Standards only regarding that request.4

  1. Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) sections 6Z(1) and 6Z(2).
  2. Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) section 6Z(2).
  3. Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) sections 6Z(1) and 6Z(2).
  4. Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) section 6Z(2).

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Last updated 11 May 2023

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