ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (as amended January 2008) (b) prejudice the defence and national security of the country and the safety or interests of the country24; or (c) prejudice the defence and national security of a foreign country with which Zimbabwe has entered into a defence pact; or (d) prevent the detection, prevention or suppression of espionage, sabotage or terrorism; or (e) reveal any information relating to or used in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion; or (f) facilitate the escape from custody of a person who is under lawful detention; or (g) harm the security of any property or system, including a building, a vehicle, a computer system or a communications system; or (h) prejudice the operations of the defence and security forces within or outside Zimbabwe; or (i) result in or facilitate the commission of an offence; or (j) result in exposing a person to civil liability for disclosing personal information contained in a law enforcement record; or (k) prejudice the custody, supervision or release of a person in custody. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the head of a public body may disclose— (a) the contents of a report prepared in the course of routine inspections by an agency that is authorized to enforce compliance with any enactment; (b) the contents of a report, including statistical analysis, on the degree of success achieved in a law enforcement programme; or (c) statistical information on decisions made by the Attorney-General on the prosecution of offences: Provided that the disclosure of such information will not contravene the prohibitions set out in subsection (1). (3) The head of a public body may disclose, after the completion of an investigation by the police, the reasons for a decision not to prosecute to— (a) a person who was aware and had an interest in the investigation, including a victim or complainant, or relative or friend of a victim or complainant; or (b) any member of the public, where the investigation had been made public. 18 Protection of information relating to inter-governmental relations or negotiations (1) The head of a public body may, on the advice of the Minister responsible for local government or the Minister responsible for foreign affairs, as the case may be, refuse to disclose information to an applicant if such disclosure may— (a) affect the relations between the government and— (i) a municipal or rural district council; or 24 Paragraph (b) amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 15