Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Section 17(6)) Regulations, 2009

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 385/2009
• Year: 2009

S.I. No. 385 of 2009

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1997 (SECTION 17(6)) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th September, 2009.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 17(6) of the Freedom of Information Act (No. 13 of 1997), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Section 17(6)) Regulations 2009.

2. Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Section 17(6)) Regulations 2003 are hereby revoked.

3. In these Regulations, a reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 (No. 13 of 1997).

4. (1) Notwithstanding section 28(1), an application under section 17 in relation to a record that includes personal information that is incomplete, incorrect or misleading, may, subject to the other provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 , be made where:

(a) the applicant is a parent or guardian of the individual ("the individual") to whom the information in the record concerned relates and the individual belongs to one of the following classes of individual:

(i) individuals who, on the date of the application, have not attained full age (within the meaning of the Age of Majority Act 1985 (No. 2 of 1985)), or

(ii) individuals who, on the date aforesaid, have attained full age (within the meaning aforesaid), and have a mental condition, or a mental incapacity, or a severe physical disability, the incidence and nature of which is certified by a registered medical practitioner (within the meaning of the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 (No. 4 of 1978)) and who, by reason thereof, are incapable of exercising their rights under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 ,

and the individual is an individual as respects whom the granting of the application would, in the opinion of the head concerned, having regard to all the circumstances and to any guidelines drawn up and published by the Minister, be in his or her best interests, or

(b) the individual ("the individual") to whom the information in the record concerned relates is dead and the applicant belongs to one of the following classes of applicant:

(i) a personal representative of the individual acting in due course of administration of his or her estate or any person acting with the consent of a personal representative so acting,

(ii) a person on whom a...