No. 19 of 2004.
The Freedom oflnformation
Act, 2004.
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(2) A public authority may refuse to ihdicate whether or not it
holds a record, or refuse to communicate information, where to
do so would, or would be llkely to, cause serious prejudice to
the legitimate commercial or financial interests of the public
authority or another public authority.
(3) Subsections(1) and (2) do not apply insofar as the request
relates to the results of any product or environmental testing,
and the information concerned reveals a serious public safety or
environmentalrisk.
33. (1) A public authority may refuse to indicate whether or
not it holds a record, or refuse to communicate information,
where to do so would, or would be likely to (a)
cause serious prejudice to the effective formulation
or development of Government policy;
(b)
seriously frustrate the success of a policy, by
premature disclosure of that policy;
(c)
significantly undermine the deliberative process in
a public authority by inhibiting the free and frank
provision of advice or exchange of views; or
(d)
significantly undermine the effectiveness of a testing
or auditing procedure used by a public authority.
(2) A public authority may refuse to indicate whether or
not it holds a record, or refuse to communicate information,
which is -
(a)
the official record of any deliberation or decision of
Cabinet;
(b)
a document that has been prepared by a Minister
of Government or on his behalf or by a public
authority for the purpose of submission for
consideration by Cabinet or a document which
has been considered by the Cabinet and which is
related to issues that are or have been before
Cabinet;
(c)
a document prepared for the purpose of briefing a
Minister of Government in relation to issues to be
considered by Cabinet;
Policy making
and
of public
authorities.