public body the disclosure of which would reveal serious public safety or environmental risk,
The public relation officer shall refuse access to a record if the record contains;
a) trade secrets of the state or a public body;
b) financial, commercial, scientific or technical information, other than trade secrets, the
disclosure of which would be likely to cause harm to the commercial or financial interests of
the state or a public body;
c) information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice a public
body in commercial competition or to put a public body at a disadvantage in contractual or
other negotiations. .
26. Operations of Public Bodies
1/ The public relation officer shall refuse a request for access to a record of the body if;
a) the record contains an opinion, advice, report or recommendation obtained or prepared
or an account of a consultation, discussion or deliberation that has occurred, including, but
not limited to, minutes of a meeting, for the purpose of assisting to formulate a policy or take
a decision in the exercise of a power or performance of a duty conferred or imposed by law;
or
b) the disclosure of the record could reasonably be expected to frustrate the deliberative
process in a public body or between public bodies by inhibiting the candid communication of
an opinion, advice, report of recommendation or conduct of a consultation, discussion or
deliberation; or
c) the disclosure of the record could, by premature disclosure of a policy or contemplated
policy, reasonably be expected to frustrate the success of that policy.
2/ The public relation officer may refuse a request for access to a record of the body if;
a) the disclosure of the record could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness
of a monitoring, auditing examining or testing, procedures or methods used by a public
body;
b) the record contains evaluative material, whether or not the person who supplied it is
identified in the record, and the disclosure of the material would breach an express or
implied promise which was made to the person who supplied the material and to the effect
that the material or the identity of the person who supplied it, or both, would be held in
confidence; or