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Receiving and assessing applications

Outside scope of Act

Managing noncompliant applications

Applications by and for children

Applications made under the wrong Act

Assessing the Terms of an Access Application

A guide to help determine if the scope of an application is too broad, insufficiently described, or has other deficiencies that render it invalid.

Documents of an agency and documents of a Minister

Evidence of identity and authority

What is an agency?

Which Act applies?

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