ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) (5) Subsection (4) shall not apply to circumstances where the deliberations, resolution or draft resolution was made or considered in the presence of members of the public. 15 Protection of advice relating to policy (1) The head of a public body may not disclose to an applicant information relating to advice or recommendations given to the President, a Cabinet Minister or a public body. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the following classes of information— (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; 12