ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) (e) information relating to negotiations made by or for a public body or the State. (3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the results of product or environment testing carried out by or for a public body, unless the testing was done— (a) as a service to a person, group of persons or organisation who paid a fee for such service; or (b) for the purpose of developing methods of testing. 20 Protection of research information The head of a public body shall not disclose research information to the applicant if such disclosure will result in the loss by the researcher of the right of first publication of the results of such research or any intellectual property rights. 21 Protection of information relating to conservation of heritage sites (1) The head of a public body may refuse to disclose information to an applicant if the disclosure will result in damage to, or interference with the conservation of— (a) fossil sites, natural sites or sites that have an anthropological or heritage value; or (b) an endangered, threatened or vulnerable species, subspecies or race of plants, vertebrates or invertebrates; or (c) any other rare or endangered living species. 22 Protection of information relating to personal safety13 (1) … 14 (2) The head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant personal information concerning the applicant if such disclosure will result in a threat to the applicant’s or another person’s safety or mental or physical health. 15 23 Information otherwise available to public (1) The right of access to information in terms of section five shall not be held to be denied where under this Act or any other law the head of a public body refuses to disclose information— (a) that is otherwise available to members of the public upon payment of a specific fee; or (b) that will be published or released to members of the public within sixty days of the date of receiving the applicant’s request. (2) If the head of a public body refuses to disclose information on the ground referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and the information is not published after the expiry of sixty days from the date of receiving the request for the information, the applicant may make another request for the information and the head of the public body shall reconsider it. 13 Heading substituted by s. 3 of Act 5/2003. 14 Subsection repealed by s. 3 of Act 5/2003. 15 Subsection substituted by s. 3 of Act 5/2003. 15