Young and Workers' Compensation Board of Queensland

Application number:
1993 S0163
Decision date:
Friday, Jun 24, 1994
Reported:
(1994) 1 QAR 543

Young and Workers' Compensation Board of Queensland
(1993 S0163, 24 June 1994)

 

This case sets out the principles which the Information Commissioner will apply when asked to exercise the discretion conferred by s.73(1)(d) of the FOI Act so as to extend the time limit for lodging an application for review under Part 5 of the FOI Act.

 

In briefly considering the merits of the substantive application for review, a further illustration of the application of s.42(1)(b) of the FOI Act, and the principles set out in McEniery and Medical Board of Queensland (1994) 1 QAR 349, is given in the context of anonymous information supplied to a workers' compensation regulatory authority.