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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
(1) applies shall be subject to the provisions of any regulations
made under this Act.
Right of access to
internal rules
affecting decisions.
19. (1) Subject to Part V and Part VI, any eligible person has a
right to and shall, on request made under this article, be given
access to any document (including a manual) which is held by a
public authority and which contains policies, principles, rules, or
guidelines in accordance with which decisions or recommendations
are made in respect of members of the public (including bodies
corporate and employees of the public authority in their personal
capacity).
(2) The provisions of Part II other than articles 12 and 13 shall
apply mutatis mutandis to a request made under subarticle (1).
(3) Where, by virtue of Part V and Part VI, there is good reason
for withholding parts of a document to which subarticle (1) relates,
the public authority shall, unless it is impracticable to do so, either:
(a) make a copy of that document available with such
deletions or alterations as are necessary; or
(b) provide another document stating the substance and
effect of the document except as it relates to the
information withheld.
(4) Where a document is made available in accordance with
subarticle (3), the public authority shall (a) give to the applicant the reasons for withholding the
information; and
(b) state that the applicant has the right, under article 23,
to seek an investigation and review by the
Commissioner of the withholding of the information.
Right of access by
a person to reasons
for decisions
affecting that
person.
20. (1) Subject to the provisions of Part V and Part VI, where
a public authority makes a decision or recommendation in respect
of any eligible person, including an eligible person acting on behalf
of a body corporate, that person has the right to and shall, on
request within six months from when the person learns of the
decision or recommendation, be given a written statement of (a) the findings on material issues of fact; and
(b) subject to subarticle (2), a reference to the information
on which the findings were based; and
(c) the reasons for the decision or recommendation.
(2) A reference to the information on which any findings were
based need not be given under subarticle (1)(b) if (a) the disclosure of the information or of information
identifying the person who supplied it, being
evaluative material, would breach an express or
implied promise to the person who supplied the
information to the effect that the information, or his
identity, or both would be held in confidence; or
(b) after consultation undertaken (where practicable) by or
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