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"exempt document" means a document which, by virtue of any
provision of Part IV, is an exempt document.
"exempt information" means information the inclusion of which
in a document causes the document to be an exempt
document;
"Minister" means the Minister who has been assigned
responsibility for information under the Constitution;
"personal information" means information about an identifiable
individual that is recorded in any form including, without
restricting the generality of the foregoing (a) information relating to the race, sex, national or ethnic
origin, religion, age or marital status of the individual;
(b) information relating to the education or the medical,
criminal or employment history of the individual or
information relating to financial transactions in which
the individual has been involved;
(c) any identifying number, symbol o r other particular
assigned to the individual;
(d) the address, fingerprints or blood type of the individual;
(e) the name of the individual where it appears with other
personal information relating to the individual or where
the disclosure of the name itself would reveal
information about the individual;
(f)
correspondence sent to a public authority by the
individual that is explicitly or implicitly of a private or
confidential nature, and replies to such correspondence
that would reveal the contents of the original
correspondence; o r
(g) the views or opinions of any other person about the
individual;
"prescribed" means prescribed by the Minister by regulations
made under this Act;
2003