ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
(as amended January 2008)
(a) a public opinion poll;
(b) a statistical survey;
(c) an appraisal of an employee of the public body;
(d) a forecast of the economy;
(e) information relating to the state of the environment;
(f) an audit or performance report of a public body;
(g) a consumer test report or a report of a test carried out on a product to test equipment of
the public body;
(h) a feasibility or technical study, including a cost estimate, relating to a policy or project
of the public body;
(i) a report on the results of a field research undertaken before a policy proposal is formulated;
(j) a report of a committee, council or similar body that has been established to consider
any matter and make reports or recommendations to a public body;
(k) a plan or proposal to establish a new programme or to change a programme, where the
original plan or proposal had been approved or rejected by the head of the public body;
(l) information that the head of the public body has cited publicly as the basis for making
a decision or formulating a policy;
(m) a decision, including the reasons thereof, that is made in the exercise of a discretionary
power or an adjudicative function that affects the rights of the applicant;
(n) information contained in a record that has been in existence for ten or more years.
16 Protection of information subject to client-attorney privilege
The head of a public body shall not disclose to an applicant information that is subject to
client-attorney privilege.
17 Protection of information whose disclosure will be harmful to law enforcement process and national security
(1) The head of a public body shall not disclose to an applicant information whose disclosure would—
(a) prejudice the law enforcement process in any way, including the following—
(i) revealing the identity of a confidential source of law enforcement information;
(ii) revealing information relating to criminal intelligence that has a reasonable
connection with the detection, prevention or suppression of organised criminal
activities;
(iii) compromising the effectiveness of investigation techniques and procedures
used by the law enforcement agencies;
(iv) endangering the life or physical safety of a law enforcement officer or any other person;
or
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