ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) (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 (b) prejudice the defence and national security of the country and the safety or interests of the country10; 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. 10 Paragraph (b) amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 13