No. 27
328
Freedom of Information
2003
(b) an official record of any deliberation or decision of the
Cabinet;
(c) a document that is a draft of a copy of, or of a part of, or
contains an extract from, a document referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) a document the disclosure of which would im olve the
disclosure of any deliberation or decision of the Cabinet, other than a document by which a decision of the
Cabinet was officially published.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a document that contains
purely statistical, technical or scientific material unless the disclosure of
the document would involve the disclosure of any deliberation or decision
of Cabinet.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a certificate signed by the
Secretary to the Cabinet or a person performing the duties of the Secretary,
certifying that a document is one of a kind referred to in a paragraph of
subsection (1), establishes conclusively that it is an exempt document of
that kind.
(4) Where a document is a document referred to in paragraph
(1) (c) or (d) by reason only of matter contained in a particular part or
particular parts o f the document, a certificate under subsectic n (2) i n
respect of the document shall identify that part or those part, oft he
document as containing the matter by reason of which the certificate is
given.
(5) In this section, any reference to "Cabinet" shall be read as
including a reference to a committee of the Cabinet.
Documents
affecting n ational
security, defence
and international
relations
26. (1) A document is an exempt document if disclosure of the
document under this Act would be contrary to the public interest for the
reason that the disclosure
(a) would prejudice the security, defence or international
relations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(b) would divulge any information or matter
communicated in confidence by o r on behalf of the
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