No. 27
330
Freedom of Information
2003
Documents
affecting legal
proceedings or
subject to legal
professional
privilege
28. (1) A document is an exempt document if it is of such a nature
that it would be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the
ground of legal professional privilege.
to
Documents
which
secrecy
provisons apply
29. A document is an exempt document if it is a document tc which a
prescribed provision of an enactment, being a provision prohibiting or
restricting disclosure of the document or of information or other matter
contained in the document, applies.
Documents
affecting p ersonal
privacy
30. (1) A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under
this Act would involve the unreasonable disclosure of personal information
of any individual (including a deceased individual).
(2) A document of the kind referred to in section 8 (1) is not an
exempt document by virtue of subsection (1) by reason only of the inclusion
in the document of matter that is used or to be used for the purpose of the
making of decisions or recommendations referred to in section 8 (1).
(2) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of subsection (1)
do not have effect in • relation to a request by a person for access to a
document by reason only of the inclusion in the document of matters
relating to that person.
(3) Where a request by a person other than a person referred to
in subsection (2) is made to a public authority for access to a document
containing personal information of any individual (including a deceased
individual) and the public authority decides to g rant acces3 t o the
document, the public authority shall, if practicable, notify the individual
who i s the subject of that information ( or in the case o f a o eceased
individual, that individual's next-of-kin) of the decision and of the right to
apply to the High Court for judicial review of the decision and :the time
within which the application for review is required to be made.
Documents
relating to trade
secrets, business
affairs etc.
31. (1) A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under
this Act would disclose:
(a) trade secrets;
(b) any other information having a commercial value that
would b e, or could reasonably b e expected t o be,
destroyed or diminished if the information were
disclosed; or
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