Overview of Section 40 IP Act

Section summary

The IP Act provides a right of access to an agency or Minister's documents which contain the applicant's personal information.

Other relevant RTI/IP Act sections

Section 12 IP Act
This section defines the meaning of 'personal information' for the purposes of the IP and RTI Acts.

Section 67 IP Act
This section provides that an agency or Minister may refuse access to a document in the same way and to the same extent as it could under section 47 of the RTI Act if the application had been made under the RTI Act.

Section 23 RTI Act
Section 23 of the RTI Act provides a right of access to documents of an agency or Minister.