No. 27 330 Freedom of Information 2003 Documents affecting legal proceedings or subject to legal professional privilege 28. (1) A document is an exempt document if it is of such a nature that it would be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the ground of legal professional privilege. to Documents which secrecy provisons apply 29. A document is an exempt document if it is a document tc which a prescribed provision of an enactment, being a provision prohibiting or restricting disclosure of the document or of information or other matter contained in the document, applies. Documents affecting p ersonal privacy 30. (1) A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under this Act would involve the unreasonable disclosure of personal information of any individual (including a deceased individual). (2) A document of the kind referred to in section 8 (1) is not an exempt document by virtue of subsection (1) by reason only of the inclusion in the document of matter that is used or to be used for the purpose of the making of decisions or recommendations referred to in section 8 (1). (2) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of subsection (1) do not have effect in • relation to a request by a person for access to a document by reason only of the inclusion in the document of matters relating to that person. (3) Where a request by a person other than a person referred to in subsection (2) is made to a public authority for access to a document containing personal information of any individual (including a deceased individual) and the public authority decides to g rant acces3 t o the document, the public authority shall, if practicable, notify the individual who i s the subject of that information ( or in the case o f a o eceased individual, that individual's next-of-kin) of the decision and of the right to apply to the High Court for judicial review of the decision and :the time within which the application for review is required to be made. Documents relating to trade secrets, business affairs etc. 31. (1) A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under this Act would disclose: (a) trade secrets; (b) any other information having a commercial value that would b e, or could reasonably b e expected t o be, destroyed or diminished if the information were disclosed; or

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