Freedom of Information Act 1992

Freedom of Information Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026

 

 

Freedom of Information Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 11 inserted1

11.Giving notices by electronic means1

 

Freedom of Information Act 1992

Freedom of Information Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Freedom of Information Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2026.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Freedom of Information Regulations 1993.

4.Regulation 11 inserted

After regulation 10 insert:

 

11.Giving notices by electronic means

(1)In this regulation —

notice includes an application, complaint or request.

(2)A notice that is required or permitted to be given to the Information Commissioner under the Act may be given by —

(a)sending it in an electronic form to an email address of the Information Commissioner specified on a website maintained by, or on behalf of, the Information Commissioner for that purpose; or

(b)lodging it in an electronic form using an online system maintained by, or on behalf of, the Information Commissioner for that purpose.

(3)A notice that is required or permitted to be given to a person by the Information Commissioner under the Act may be given by —

(a)if the person has provided an email address for giving notices — sending it in an electronic form to the email address provided by the person; or

(b)making it available to the person in an electronic form using an online system maintained by, or on behalf of, the Information Commissioner for that purpose and notifying the person by email sent to an email address provided by the person that it is available.

(4)This regulation does not limit the application of section 101 of the Act or the Interpretation Act 1984 section 76 to the notice.

 

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council

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