Freedom of Information Part II Information Statement 26 July 2013 Summary Agencies, including Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA), are required to publish a list of documents and information in accordance with Part II of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOI Act”). A Part II Information Statement contains information relating to types of documents held by an agency, what the agency does and how a person can access the information they require. Background The purpose of Part II of the FOI Act is to assist the public to exercise the right to obtain access to information held by agencies. The Part II Information Statement provides information in relation to what the agency does, how it acts, what information it holds and how to access the information. The Part II Information Statement comprises six categories of documents listed in Statements 1-6: Statement 1 - Organisations and Functions Statement 2 - Categories of Documents Statement 3 - FOI Arrangements Statement 4 - Publications Statement 5 - Rules, Policies and Procedures Statement 6 - Report Literature Statement 1: Organisation and function ESTA was established as a statutory authority by the Emergency Services Telecommunications Act 2004 (“the Act”). Its functions pursuant to section 7 of the Act are to: To provide or enable and control the provision by others of emergency telecommunications and communications services; To promote and develop policies and procedures to improve the standard and provision of emergency telecommunications and other communications services; To advise the Minister for Police and Emergency Services on the administration of this Act and on any other matter referred to Authority by the Minister; Any other functions that are conferred on the Authority by this or any other Act. ESTA provides the critical link between the Victorian community and the State’s emergency service agencies. It provides Victoria’s, 24 hour emergency call-taking and dispatch services for police, fire, ambulance and SES. ESTA now takes more than 2 million calls for assistance a year.
Freedom of Information Part II Information Statement 26 July 2013 Summary Agencies, including Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA), are required to publish a list of documents and information in accordance with Part II of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOI Act”). A Part II Information Statement contains information relating to types of documents held by an agency, what the agency does and how a person can access the information they require. Background The purpose of Part II of the FOI Act is to assist the public to exercise the right to obtain access to information held by agencies. The Part II Information Statement provides information in relation to what the agency does, how it acts, what information it holds and how to access the information. The Part II Information Statement comprises six categories of documents listed in Statements 1-6: Statement 1 - Organisations and Functions Statement 2 - Categories of Documents Statement 3 - FOI Arrangements Statement 4 - Publications Statement 5 - Rules, Policies and Procedures Statement 6 - Report Literature Statement 1: Organisation and function ESTA was established as a statutory authority by the Emergency Services Telecommunications Act 2004 (“the Act”). Its functions pursuant to section 7 of the Act are to: To provide or enable and control the provision by others of emergency telecommunications and communications services; To promote and develop policies and procedures to improve the standard and provision of emergency telecommunications and other communications services; To advise the Minister for Police and Emergency Services on the administration of this Act and on any other matter referred to Authority by the Minister; Any other functions that are conferred on the Authority by this or any other Act. ESTA provides the critical link between the Victorian community and the State’s emergency service agencies. It provides Victoria’s, 24 hour emergency call-taking and dispatch services for police, fire, ambulance and SES. ESTA now takes more than 2 million calls for assistance a year.
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