Administrative Law Assignment Solution (Doc)
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Running head: ADMINISTRATIVE LAWAdministrative LawName of the student:Name of the university:Author note
1ADMINISTRATIVE LAWTable of ContentsIntroduction:...............................................................................................................................2Discussion..................................................................................................................................3Part 1..........................................................................................................................................3Legal issues............................................................................................................................3Informal review......................................................................................................................4Internal review........................................................................................................................4Ombudsman............................................................................................................................6Freedom of Information Act...................................................................................................6Tribunal review......................................................................................................................7Part 2..........................................................................................................................................9Judicial review........................................................................................................................9Possibility of challenging the denial.....................................................................................10Grounds of challenge............................................................................................................11Conclusion................................................................................................................................12Reference:................................................................................................................................13
2ADMINISTRATIVE LAWIntroduction:The report is based on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and anattempt has been made to understand the various requirements within the review section.Various types of review system have been discussed in this report and the requirements thatare to be met in that case has also been discussed. Under the Commonwealth system,Australia enjoys certain rights through certain Acts and the government intends to secure theinterest of the public at large1. Through Freedom of Information Act 1982 public gets theright to access certain documents of the government. The main objective regarding the sameis to know about the operation of the government department. Those documents are generallykept under the possession of the government2. However, it is to be remembered that there arecertain documents that are not fall under this accessory rights. The documents includedetailed statement about cabinet deliberation, documents that can be revealed the secret ontrade or certain documents, accession of which can be lead towards the damage of nationalsecurity. There are certain processes that will be maintained before making the applicationregarding the right to access. The report is evolved with a case law where it has been observed that Jasmine filed anapplication with an intention to get certain access into government documents. However, ithas been observed that the office of the Ministers’ had denied providing the information toher. 1Davies, M. "GMC launches internal review of suicides among doctors facing fitness-to-practiseinvestigations, Pulse Today." (2013).2Douglas, Roger, and Michael Head.Douglas and Jones's administrative law. 2014.
3ADMINISTRATIVE LAWIt has been clear from the Act that the rights mentioned in this Act are for the sake ofpublic right and except certain documents, the public are entitled to obtain informationregarding the government documents. An attempt has been made to point out the variousprovisions of the Act, regarding the review system and grounds of challenge made against thedecision that restrict the public from getting this benefit3. DiscussionPart 1Legal issuesThe main issue of the case is to find out whether the decision made by the office ofMinisters’ can be challenged by Jasmine or not. It has been stated that the subject matter ofthe case is based on the legal provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982. It has beenmentioned under the Act that all the public will get a chance to access to certain governmentdocuments and the governments are required to deliver the same to the applicant. There arecertain exceptions exist in this case.4 However, it has been stated that the documents thatinvolved the core process of the Government should not be disclosed to any public in general.Therefore, it can be stated if an act has been made to restrict persons from getting the benefit,it will be treated as violation regarding the provisions of the Act and the offender shall bepunished regarding the same. 3Gardbaum, Stephen. "Separation of powers and the growth of judicial review in established democracies(or why has the model of legislative supremacy mostly been withdrawn from sale?)."The American Journalof Comparative Law62.3 (2014): 613-640.4Gargano, Antonio, Alberto G. Rossi, and Russ Wermers. "The freedom of information act and the racetoward information acquisition."The Review of Financial Studies30.6 (2017): 2179-2228.
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