At some point, your information officer is bound to leave your organisation. It might be the default, authorised, designated, delegated or deputy information officer. These are the steps you can take if your information officer wants to resign.

  1. Your information officer should resign as the information officer in writing. This is in addition to resigning as an employee or director. The resignation can be very short and in an email – this counts as being in writing.
  2. You should submit a request to deregister the information officer by emailing the Information Regulator.
  3. The CEO or head of your organisation should appoint a new information officer in writing.
  4. You must register the new information officer with the Information Regulator.

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