(b) where the decision relates to a document of any Ministry or prescribed authority, state the name
and designation of the person giving the decision; and
(c) inform the applicant of his right to apply for a review of the decision.
(2) A Ministry or prescribed authority is not required to include in a notice under subsection (1) any
matter that is of such a nature that its inclusion in a document would cause that document to be an
exempt document.
PART IV
EXEMPT DOCUMENTS
Documents affectings National security, defense, and international relations
22.-(1) A document is an exempt document if disclosure of the document under this Act would be
contrary to the public interest for the reason that the disclosure(a) would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of Belize; or
(b) would divulge any information or matter communicated in confidence by or on be half of the
Government of another country to the Government of Belize.
(2) Where a Minister is satisfied that the disclosure under this Act of a document would be contrary to the
public interest for a reason referred to in subsection (1), he may sign a certificate to that effect and such a
certificate, so long as it remains in force, shall establish conclusively that the document is an exempt
document referred to in subsection (1).
(3) Where a Minister is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2) by reason only of the matter contained in a
particular part or particular parts of a document, a certificate under that subsection in respect of the
document shall identify that part or those parts of the document as containing the matter by reason of
which the certificate is given.
(4) The responsible Minister may delegate his powers under this section to the principal officer of the
Ministry or the prescribed authority, as the case may be.
Cabinet documents
23.-(1) A document is an exempt document if it is(a) a document that has been submitted to the Cabinet for its consideration or is proposed to be
submitted; or
(b) an official record of the Cabinet; or
(c) a document that is a copy of, or of a part of, a document referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) a document the disclosure of which would involve disclosure of any deliberation or advice of
the Cabinet, other than a document by which a decision of the Cabinet was officially published.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a certificate signed by the Secretary to the Cabinet or a person
performing the duties of the Secretary, certifying that a document is one of a kind referred to in a
paragraph of subsection (1), establishes conclusively that it is an exempt document of that kind.
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