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(l) a report of an interdepartmental committee task force within a public authority, which has been established
for the purpose of preparing a report on a particular topic, unless the report is to be submitted to Cabinet or a
committee or subcommittee of Cabinet;
(m) a report of a committee, council or other body which is attached to a public authority and which has been
established for the purpose of undertaking inquiries and making reports and recommendations to the public
authority;
(n) the reasons for a final decision, order or ruling of a public authority made during or at the conclusion of the
exercise of discretionary power conferred by or under a written law or scheme administered by the public
authority, whether or not the written law or scheme allows an appeal to be taken against the decision, order or
ruling, and whether or not the reasons (I) are contained in an internal memorandum of the public authority or in a letter from an officer or employee of
the pubic authority; or
(II) were given by the officer who made the decision, order or ruling or were incorporated by reference into the
decision, order or ruling.
(3) Where a decision is made under Part III that an applicant is not entitled to access to a document by reason
of the application of this section, the notice under section 23 shall state the public interest considerations on
which the decision is based.
(4) Subsection (1) shall cease to apply to a document brought into existence on or after the commencement of
this Act when a period of ten years has elapsed since the last day of the year in which the document came
into existence.
28. (1) Subject to this section, a document is an exempt document if its disclosure under this Act would, or
would be reasonably likely to (a) prejudice the investigation of a breach or possible breach of the law or prejudice the enforcement or proper
administration of the law in a particular instance;
(b) prejudice the fair trial of a person or the impartial adjudication of a particular case;
(c) disclose, or enable a person to ascertain, the identity of a confidential source of information in relation to
the enforcement or administration of the law;
(d) disclose methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out
of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice
the effectiveness of those methods or procedures; or
(e) endanger the lives or physical safety of persons engaged in or in connection with law enforcement or
persons who have provided confidential information in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law.
(2) This section does not apply to any document that is (a) a document revealing that the scope of a law enforcement investigation has exceeded the limits imposed
by law;
(b) a document revealing the use of illegal methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or
dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law;
(c) a document containing any general outline of the structure of any programme adopted by a public authority
for investigating breaches of, or enforcing or administering the law;
(d) a report on the degree of success achieved in any programme adopted by a public authority for
investigating breaches of, or enforcing or administering, the law;
(e) a report prepared in the course of routine law enforcement inspections or investigations by a public
authority which has the function of enforcing and regulating compliance with a particular law other than the
criminal law;
(f) a report on a law enforcement investigation, where the substance of the report has been disclosed to the
person who, or the body which, was the subject of the investigation, if it is in the public interest that access to
the document should be granted under this Act.
29. (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.
(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).
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) 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 matter 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 grant access to the document, the public authority shall, if practicable,
notify the individual who is the subject of that information (or in the case of a deceased 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.
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