Published on Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland
(https://www.oic.qld.gov.au)
Application number:
318635
Applicant:
O14
Respondent:
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Decision date:
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026
Catchwords:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - DOCUMENTS NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - request for medical records - applicant submits that further documents exist and should have been located - whether agency has taken reasonable steps to locate relevant documents - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis they are nonexistent - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1)(a) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - OUTSIDE OF SCOPE DOCUMENTS applicant requests access to documents that fall outside the scope of the applicant’s request