The FOI Act does not apply to court documents, including transcript. The FOI Act also does not apply to any document of a judicial officer (see paragraph 5(1)(b), FOI Act) or any document of the Court relating to the consideration or handling of a complaint about a judicial officer (see subsection 5(1A), FOI Act). Exempt documents may include those relating to national security, documents containing material obtained in confidence, Cabinet documents, or other matters set out in the FOI Act. Access can be refused to documents, or parts of documents, that are exempt. Under the FOI Act you can ask to see any document relating to the management and administration of the Court’s registry and office resources that the Court holds. ![]() seek a review of any decision not to allow access to an applicable document or not to amend a person’s personal record.ask for applicable information about the person making the request to be changed or annotated if it is incomplete, out of date, incorrect or misleading and.access copies of applicable documents the Court holds.The FOI Act, in relation to applicable documents held by the Court gives an person the right to: ![]() Sections 17 and Part VAA (Sections 37AA to 37AL) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 and Rule 2.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 govern access to court documents (which are exempt from the FOI Act). For ease of reference, this very limited range of documents will be referred to as 'applicable' documents in what follows below: The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) only applies to documents of the Federal Court which relate to the management and administration of the Court’s registry and office resources (see section 5(1), FOI Act).
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