Planning and Funding
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4130
P O Box 1600,
Fax: 0064 3 364 4165
CHRISTCHURCH
[email address]
3 February 2020
Mark Montgomery
Email: [FYI request #12126 email]
Dear Mark
RE Official Information Act request CDHB 10262
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 31 January 2020 and received in our office
this morning, requesting the following information under the Official Information Act from
Canterbury DHB. Specifically:
•
copies of all Asbestos Management Plans prepared under Regulation 13(2) of the Health and
Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016 for all workplaces occupied or from time to time
occupied by the District Health Board where asbestos or ACM (Asbestos Containing Material) is
suspected to be or has been identified at the workplace.
We will consider your request against the provisions of the Official Information Act (see below) and
advise you of our decision regarding the release of information within 20 working days (being the
statutory timeframe provided within the Act.)
Accordingly, we will notify you, no later than 3 March 2020, of our decision. This is inclusive of New
Zealand Day.
Your request is being handled by Lara Williams. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
either myself (details above) or Lara
. ([email address];) Phone 364-4140). Please
refer to the OIA number above when phoning or emailing.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Turp
Project Specialist
15 Decisions on requests
(1) Subject to this Act, the department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to whom a request is made in accordance wit
h section 12
or is transferred in accordance wit
h section 14 of this Act o
r section 12 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987 shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received
by that department or Minister of the Crown or organisation,—
(1)(a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and
(1)(b) give or post to the person who made the request notice of the decision on the request
[If we are unable to make a decision on your request by the date noted above, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.]