Article 29 (applicability of Awb)

• 1

  A decision on a request referred to in Article 25 or 28 shall constitute a decision within the meaning of the General Administrative Law Act.

• 2

  The interested party may, within the time limit determined for the appeal under the General Administrative Law Act, turn to the Autoriteit persoonsgegevens Authority with a request to mediate or advise in its dispute with the controller. In that case, notwithstanding Article 6:7 of the General Administrative Law Act, the appeal may still be lodged after the interested party has received notification from the Autoriteit persoonsgegevens that the handling of the case has ended, but not later than six weeks after that time.

• 3

  In complaint proceedings in which the controller or persons working under its responsibility are required pursuant to Section 9:31 of the General Administrative Law Act to provide information or submit documents to the National Ombudsman with respect to police data traceable to an informant as referred to in Section 12(7), Our Minister of Security and Justice may decide that Section 9:31(5) and (6) of that Act shall not apply.

• 4

  If Our Minister of Security and Justice has decided that Article 9:31, fifth and sixth paragraphs, of the General Administrative Law Act shall not apply and the controller or persons working under its responsibility shall be required to produce documents, it shall suffice to make the documents concerned available for inspection. No copies of the documents in question shall be made in any way whatsoever.

• 5

  In proceedings regarding decisions as referred to in the first paragraph in which the controller or persons working under its responsibility are obliged pursuant to Sections 8:27, 8:28 or 8:45 of the General Administrative Law Act to provide information or submit documents relating to police data that can be traced back to an informant as referred to in Section 12(7), Our Minister of Security and Justice may decide that Section 8:29(3) to (5) of that Act shall not apply. If documents are to be submitted to the court, the submission of the documents in question shall then suffice. No copies of the documents in question shall be made. If Our Minister of Security and Justice informs the court that only the court may take cognizance of the information or documents, the court may only rule on the basis of such information or documents with the consent of the other parties.