Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2008

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Would expand freedom-of-information rights to more publicly funded or government-appointed bodies and subsidiaries, while requiring key policies to be published online. It would also tighten handling of repeated or unreasonable requests, strengthen protection for personal information, improve oversight and appeals, and make it a serious offence to destroy or conceal records likely to be requested.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018