Queensland Consolidated Acts

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 80

80 Internal review

(1) A person affected by a reviewable decision may apply to have the decision reviewed by the agency or Minister dealing with the application.

Notes—

1
"Reviewable decision" is defined in schedule 5 .

2 It is not necessary to have an internal review before applying for an external review under part 9 .

3 An internal review application may be dealt with under a delegation or direction. See sections 30 and 31 .

(2) On an internal review of a decision, the reviewer must make a new decision as if the reviewable decision had not been made.

(3) An internal review application must not be decided by—

(a) the person who made the reviewable decision; or

(b) a person who is less senior than that person.

(4) Subsection (3) applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A .