Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013A00097:clause:1_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013A00097
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2
Character Range: 1398–2222

2  Transitional
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 is taken to have had the effect it would have had if:
 (a) each Department of the Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 had been taken not to have been a prescribed authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 at all times after the Department was established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999; and
 (b) each person who held, or performed the duties of, an office established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 had been taken not to have been a prescribed authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 by virtue of his or her holding, or performing the duties of, that office.
[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 29 May 2013
Senate on 17 June 2013]
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