Judicial Council Act 2019
Restriction of Freedom of Information Act 2014 | ||
94. (1) Without prejudice to the exemption for records held by the courts, the Freedom of Information Act 2014 shall not apply to a record relating to the making or investigation, or the resolution by informal means, of a complaint under Part 5 or an investigation pursuant to a referral under section 59 unless— | ||
(a) the record was created before the making of the complaint or the initiation of the investigation under section 59 , as the case may be, or | ||
(b) the record relates to the expenses of the Judicial Conduct Committee or a member thereof or a panel of inquiry or a member thereof or other matters concerning the general administration of that Committee or a panel of inquiry. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) applies to a record held by— | ||
(a) the Judicial Conduct Committee, | ||
(b) the Registrar, | ||
(c) the Complaints Review Committee, | ||
(d) a designated judge or designated judges, | ||
(e) a panel of inquiry, or | ||
(f) the registrar to a panel of inquiry. | ||
(3) In this section “record” has the meaning it has in the Freedom of Information Act 2014 . |