6 (d) brief descriptions of the content of documents and the like, but not if such a description reproduces internal assessments. The King may make regulations providing that exemptions may not be made pursuant to the first paragraph of this section in respect of specific documents in specific state or state-owned agencies. Section 15 Documents obtained externally for internal preparation of a case Where it is necessary in order to ensure proper internal decision processes, an administrative agency may exempt from access any document that the agency has obtained from a subordinate agency for use in its internal preparation of a case. The same applies to documents which a ministry has obtained from another ministry for use in its internal preparation of a case. Moreover, exemptions may be made in respect of parts of any document containing advice on and assessments of how an administrative agency should stand on a case, and which the agency has obtained for use in its internal preparation of the case, where this is required in the interest of satisfactory protection of the government's interests in that case. The exemptions in this section apply correspondingly to documents concerning the acquisition of a document as mentioned in the first and second paragraphs, and to notices of and minutes from meetings between a superior and subordinate agency, between ministries and between an administrative agency and any person who gives advice or assessments as mentioned in the second paragraph. This section does not apply to documents obtained as part of the general procedure of consultation on a matter. Section 16 Access to internal documents of the municipal authorities and county authorities The exemptions in sections 14 and 15 do not apply to: (a) case documents with enclosures presented to a publicly elected municipal or county body, (b) the agenda for any meeting of a publicly elected municipal or county body, (c) documents from or to any municipal or county control committee, audit body or appeals board, and (d) documents in cases where a municipal or county entity acts as an external party in relation to another such entity. Section 14 nonetheless applies to documents that are exchanged between any municipal and county control committee and the secretariat to such committee. The exemption in section 14 does not apply to documents from or to a municipal or county body established by special statute or a municipal or county undertaking pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Local Government Act. Nor does the exemption in section 14 apply to documents from or to any municipal or county entity in areas where such entities have independent power of decision. The

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