FREEDOM OF INFORMATION [CAP. 496. (b) a Government agency established in terms of the Public Administration Act or any other law; and 3 Cap. 497. (c) any body established under any law, or any partnership or other body in which the Government of Malta, a Government agency or any such body as aforesaid has a controlling interest or over which it has effective control; "relevant public authority" means a public authority other than those mentioned in article 5; "Tribunal" means the Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal established under article 48 of the Data Protection Act. Cap. 440. 3. Any eligible person has a right of access to documents held by public authorities in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Act. Right of access to official documents. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing public authorities from publishing or granting access to documents (including exempt documents) otherwise than as required by this Act. Access to documents other than through this Act. 5. (1) Subject to subarticle (2), this Act shall not apply to documents that - Application of this Act. (a) are held by a Local Council and are accordingly subject to article 45 of the Local Councils Act; (b) are subject to the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations or to any other regulations made under the Environment Protection Act and providing for freedom of access to information; (c) have been transferred to the National Archives in accordance with the National Archives Act; Cap. 363. S.L. 504.65 Cap. 435. Cap. 477. (d) are accessible to the public under any other law; (e) are available for purchase by the public in accordance with arrangements made by a public authority; or (f) are held by a commercial partnership in which the Government or another public authority has a controlling interest, in so far as the documents in question relate to the commercial activities of the commercial partnership. (2) This Act shall apply to documents to which subarticle (1) refers only in so far as may be provided for by any law governing access to such documents. (3) This Act shall not apply to documents in so far as such documents contain (a) personal data subject to the Data Protection Act; or (b) information the disclosure of which is prohibited by any other law: Provided that where it is possible to release a document with such data or information deleted, this shall be done in Cap. 440.