Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174:section:51c:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 51C (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 163839–166429

51C  Transfer of requests
 (1) Where an application is made under section 48 to an agency or a Minister and:
 (a) the document containing the record of personal information to which the request relates is not in the possession of that agency or Minister, but is, to the knowledge of the agency or Minister, in the possession of another agency or Minister; or
 (b) the subject matter of that document is more closely connected with the functions of another agency or Minister than with those of the agency or Minister to whom the application is made;
the agency or Minister to whom the application is made may, with the agreement of the other agency or Minister, transfer the application to the other agency or Minister.
 (2) Where an application is made under section 48 to an agency or Minister and the document containing the record of personal information to which the application relates:
 (a) originated with, or has been received from, a body or person specified in Part I of Schedule 2; and
 (b) is more closely connected with the functions of that body or person than with those of the agency or Minister to whom the application is made;
the agency or Minister to whom the application is made must transfer the application:
 (c) to the Department corresponding to the Department of State administered by the Minister who administers the enactment by or under which the body or person is established, continued in existence or appointed; or
 (d) if the application relates to a document that originated with, or has been received from, a part of the Department of Defence specified in Division 2 of Part I of Schedule 2—to that Department.
 (3) Where an application is made under section 48 to an agency or a Minister and the document containing the record of personal information to which the application relates:
 (a) originated in, or has been received from, another agency, being an agency specified in Part II of Schedule 2 or an agency that is a body corporate established by or under an Act specified in Part III of Schedule 2; and
 (b) is more closely connected with the functions of the other agency in relation to documents in respect of which the other agency is exempt from the operation of this Act than with the functions of the agency or Minister to whom the application is made;
the agency or Minister to whom the application is made must transfer the application to the other agency.
 (4) Where:
 (a) an application made under section 48 to an agency or a Minister concerns records of personal information contained in more than one document; and
 (b) one or more of