Appealing a Decision

Initially decisions are made by the information authority secretariat applying the assessment criteria to the change. The change process and criteria has been agreed with the board.  If this initial decision is being challenged on the basis of additional information, then that information should first go to the secretariat so that the change can be reconsidered.

In cases where the change requestor is still not satisfied with the decision, they should write to the Head of the information authority’s secretariat, giving reasons why they would like to challenge the decision. The Head of the secretariat may discuss the issue with the Chair of the information authority to try to resolve the dispute.

If it is not possible to resolve the dispute through the processes above, then ultimately the challenge may be taken through the information authority’s appeals procedure.