---
title: "Request for access under the FOI Act (Administrative Review Tribunal)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-foi-request"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a31-form-art-foi-request"
area_id: "A31"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A31-T1-R4", "A31-B1-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Request for access under the FOI Act (Administrative Review Tribunal)

> Link to the Tribunal's request for access to documents under the FOI Act, both the online form and the standard PDF on the forms page.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-foi-request  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Administrative & Public Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at art.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a person asks the Tribunal for access to documents under the FOI Act, using the online form if they have an account or the standard PDF if they do not.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a freedom-of-information request and a review application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/draft-a-freedom-of-information-request-and-a-review-application.md)
- [Check an ART submission against the Generative AI Practice Direction checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/check-an-art-submission-against-the-generative-ai-practice-direction-che.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow. A tool may compare a working note with the current official form and list what is missing. The lawyer downloads the form, completes it and lodges it.

**AI may:**

- List the facts and documents the official page says to have ready.
- Compare a working checklist with the current downloaded form and mark gaps.
- Prepare a filing note that quotes only what the official page says.

**AI must not:**

- Do not copy the official form into a new document or file a retyped version.
- Do not invent a form number, fee, time limit or rule that is not on the official page.
- Do not draft, settle or sign an affidavit or other sworn evidence.
- Do not lodge the form or tell the client it has been filed.

**The lawyer checks:**

- The page says a person with an online account should use the online FOI form.
- The standard PDF is the alternative the same row describes.
- This is a request to the Tribunal for its documents, not the general application for review of an agency FOI decision.
- Describe the documents. Do not ask for 'the file' without a scope.

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal forms page.](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)
- [Request for access under the FOI Act (Administrative Review Tribunal).](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Request%20for%20access%20to%20documents%20under%20the%20FOI%20Act%20-%20form.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Request%20for%20access%20to%20documents%20under%20the%20FOI%20Act%20-%20form.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by art.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-foi-request and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*