8 No. of 2002] Cap. 281 Application Freedom of Information (b) to a parastatal or other organisation means the Chief Executive Officer; “ information ” means any material which communicates facts, opinions, data or any other matter relating to the management, administration, operations or decisions of a public authority, regardless of its form, characteristics or when it was created; “ local authority ” means a council established under the Local Government Act and any other authority declared by Act of Parliament to be a local authority; “ member ” means a person appointed as a member of the Commission under section six; “ personal information ” means information relating to an individual who is directly or indirectly identifiable by name, identification document or through any physical or other characteristics or attributes, but does not include information having a bearing on the public functions of an employee of a public authority or any other person performing a function of a public authority; “ public authority ” means any person holding an office, or any body, specified in the Second Schedule; “ record ”includes — (a) any document, manuscript or file in any form; (b) any microfilm or facsimile copy of a document; (c ) any reproduction of an image embodied in such microfilm, whether enlarged or not; and (d) any other material held and produced by a mechanical, electronic or other device and which is capable of being reproduced. 3. (1) This Act applies to information under the control of public authorities regardless of whether that information came into existence before or after the commencement of this Act. (2) This Act shall not apply to— (a) information governed by confidentiality or privilege, to the extent to which the disclosure of the information is regulated, prohibited or restricted by the ethics of a profession or practice; (b) records relating to proceedings before a court or tribunal after the commencement of those proceedings; or ( c) intelligence organisations specified in the Third Schedule or to any information under the control of any of those organisations. N.A.B 14, 2002 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40