finally checked and approved by the authority or has
otherwise received final form, but not the records of
Riksdag committees, auditors of local authorities,
official commissions of inquiry or local authorities
where they relate to a matter dealt with solely in order
to prepare the matter for decision.
Art. 8. If a body which forms part of, or is associated with, a
public authority or other similar organisation for public
administration has transferred a document to another body
within the same organisation, or has produced a document for
the purpose of transferring it in this manner, the document is
not deemed thereby to have been received or drawn up, other
than if the bodies concerned act as independent entities in
relation one to the other.
Art. 9. Nor shall a memorandum which has been prepared at a
public authority, but which has not been dispatched, be deemed
to be an official document at that authority after the time at
which it would be deemed to have been drawn up under Article
7, unless it has been accepted for filing and registration.
Memorandum is understood to mean any aide memoire or other
note or record produced solely for the preparation or oral
presentation of a matter, but not such part of it as contributes
factual information to the matter.
Preliminary outlines or drafts of decisions or written
communications of a public authority and other similar
documents which have not been dispatched are not deemed to
be official documents unless they have been accepted for filing
and registration.
Art. 10. A document held by a public authority solely for the
purpose of technical processing or technical storage on behalf
of another is not deemed to be an official document held by that
authority. A document held by a public authority solely for the
purpose of re-creating information that has been lost in the
authority’s regular system for automatic data processing
(backup copy) is not deemed to be an official document.
Art. 11. The following documents are not deemed to be official
documents:
1. letters, telegrams, or other such documents delivered to
or drawn up by a public authority solely for the purpose
of forwarding a communication;
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