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The contents of this document are OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE Please note, this security marking also appears in the header and footer of this document.

13 May 2024

Full name Position (if applicable) Organisation (if applicable) Street Address SUBURB STATE POSTCODE By email: (e.g. John.smith@email.com.au

Dear First and Last name

Freedom of Information request — Notification of Third Party Consultation

Thank you for your correspondence of [Day Month Year], in which you requested access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to documents held by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDA).

For business: As your request includes documents which contain information about the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation, or a person’s business or professional affairs, we are required to consult with the person or organisation concerned before making a decision on the release of the documents.

For personal: As your request includes documents which contain another individual’s personal information, we are required to consult with that individual before making a decision on the release of the documents.

For this reason, the timeframe for processing your request has been extended by 30-days, to allow us time to consult with that person or organisation. The processing period for your request will now end on [Day Month Year].

Consultation - business information

We are required to consult when we believe a person or organisation may wish to contend that the requested documents are exempt because their release would disclose trade secrets or commercially valuable information or may adversely affect their business or financial affairs. We will take into account any comments we receive from the person or organisation but the final decision about whether to grant you access to the documents rests with us.

Consultation - personal information

We are required to consult when we believe an individual (or their representative) may wish to contend that the requested documents are exempt because of personal privacy. We will take into account any comments we receive from the individual but the final decision about whether to grant you access to the documents you requested rests with us.

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Consent to disclose your name

Your personal privacy is important to us and we will only disclose your name with your consent.

However, to assist us in conducting the consultation, we seek your consent to disclose your name to the relevant person or organisation. If you do not to consent to this, we will not be able to identify you as the applicant of the FOI request. This may affect the responses given by the person or organisation.

Can you please let us know whether you consent to the disclosure of your name by [Day Month Year].

If we do not hear from you by this date, we will proceed on the basis that you do not consent to us disclosing your name.

Please contact us at foi@ndis.gov.au if you have any questions or require help.

Yours sincerely

Name Delegation Complaints Management & FOI Branch General Counsel Division