(a) (b) its disclosure would reveal— (i) trade secrets; (ii) any other information of a commercial value, which value would be, or could reasonably be expected to be, destroyed or diminished if the information were disclosed; it contains information (other than that referred to in paragraph (a)) concerning the commercial interests of any person or organization (including a public authority) and the disclosure of that information would prejudice those interests. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the applicant for access is the person or organization referred to in that subsection or a person acting on behalf of that person or organization. 21.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), an official document is exempt from disclosure if its disclosure would, or Documents relating to could reasonably be expected to result in the destruction of, damage to, or interference with, the conservation heritage sites of— etc. (a) any historical, archaeological or anthropological resources; (b) anything declared to be a national monument, designated as protected national heritage or protected by a preservation notice under the Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act; (c) any species of plant or animal life so designated or which is endangered, threatened or otherwise vulnerable; (d) any other rare or endangered living resource. (2) A public authority shall grant access to a document referred to in subsection (1) if it is satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances, that the disclosure thereof would, on balance, be in the public interest. Documents 22.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a public authority shall not grant access to an official affecting document if it would involve the unreasonable disclosure of information relating to the personal affairs of anypersonal privacy. person, whether living or dead. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in any case where the application for access is made by the person to whose affairs the document relates. 23.—(1) Where— Issue of certificate re exempt document. in (a) the Prime Minister is satisfied that an application for access relates to a document specified section 15 (1); (b) a responsible Minister is satisfied that an application for access relates to an official document to which section 14, 16 or 18, as the case may be, applies, the Prime Minister or the responsible Minister, as the case may require, may issue a certificate to the effect that the document is an exempt document and shall specify the basis of the exemption. (2) Where the Prime Minister or a responsible Minister, as the case may be, is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) by virtue of anything contained in any particular part or parts of an official document, a Prepared by the Access to Information Unit Jamaica Archives & Records Department Office of the Prime Minister © Government of Jamaica 2003