
Information Regulator warns: Form 2 must be used for PAIA requests
Information officers should purge Form A from internal and public systems and replace it with Form 2 immediately.

Information officers should purge Form A from internal and public systems and replace it with Form 2 immediately.

Public and private bodies are ‘invited’ to submit their annual reports on access-to-information requests for the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

Key proposed amendments include imposing fines for non-compliance, enhancing the Information Regulator’s authority to issue directives, and introducing search-and-seizure powers.