4 Official Information (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) includes any information held outside the Cook Islands by any branch or post of – (i) a Ministry; or (ii) an organisation; and in relation to information held by the Ministry of Justice, includes information held by the Rules Committee established by section 102 of the Judicature Act 1980-81; and in relation to information held by the University of the South Pacific, includes only information held by – (i) any full-time member of the academic staff of the University in the Cook Islands; or (ii) any other full-time officer or employee of the University in the Cook Islands; or (iii) any examiner, assessor, or moderator in the Cook Islands in any subject or examination taught or conducted by the University in the Cook Islands; but does not include information contained in – (i) library or museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes; or (ii) material placed in the National Library by or on behalf of persons other than Ministers of the Crown in their official capacity or Ministries; and does not include information which is held by a Ministry, Minister of the Crown, or organisation solely as an agent or for the sole purpose of safe custody and which is so held on behalf of a person other than a Ministry or a Minister of the Crown in his or her official capacity or an organisation; and does not include evidence given or submissions made to (i) a commission of inquiry appointed by an Order in Executive Council made under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1966; or (ii) a commission of inquiry or board of inquiry or court of inquiry or committee of inquiry appointed pursuant to, and not by, any provision of an Act to inquire into a specified matter; and does not include information contained in any correspondence or communication which has taken place between the office of the Ombudsman and any Ministry or Minister of the Crown or organisation and which relates to an investigation conducted by an Ombudsman under this Act or under the Ombudsman Act 1984, other than information that came into existence before the commencement of that investigation; “Ombudsman” means the Ombudsman holding office under the Ombudsman Act 1984;

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