4 (e) a report (including a report concerning the results of studies, surveys or tests) prepared for the public authority by a scientific or technical expert, whether employed within the public authority or not, including a report expressing the opinion of such an expert on scientific or technical matters; (f) a report prepared for the public authority by a consultant who was paid for preparing the report; (g) a report prepared within the public authority and containing the results of studies, surveys or tests carried out for the purpose of assessing, or making recommendations on, the feasibility of establishing a new or proposed Government policy, programme or project; (h) a report on the performance or efficiency of the public authority, or of an office, division or branch of the public authority, whether the report is of a general nature or concerns a particular policy, programme or project administered by the public authority; (i) a report containing final plans or proposals for the re-organisation of the functions of the public authority, the establishment of a new policy, programme or project to be administered by the public authority, or the alteration of an existing policy programme or project administered by the public authority, whether or not the plans or proposals are subject to approval by an officer of the public authority, another public authority, the responsible Minister of the public authority or Cabinet; (j) a statement prepared within the public authority and containing policy directions for the drafting of legislation; (k) a report of a test carried out within the public authority on a product for the purpose of purchasing equipment; (l) an environmental impact statement prepared within the public authority; and (m) a valuation report prepared for the public authority by a valuator, whether or not the valuator is an officer of the public authority. (2) A public authority shall, with the approval of the Minister (a) cause to be published in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper circulating in Trinidad and Tobago as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act, a statement (which may take the form of an index) specifying the documents to which this section applies which have been created since the date of commencement of this Act and are in the possession of the public authority; (b) within twelve months after publication of the statement required under paragraph (a) and thereafter at intervals of twelve months, cause to be published in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper circulating in Trinidad and Tobago, statements brining up to date the information contained in the previous statement or statements. (3) This section does not require a document of the kind referred to in subsection (1) containing exempt information to be referred to in a statement published in accordance with subsection (2)(a), if the fact of the existence of the document cannot be referred to in the statement without exempt information being disclosed. (4) A public authority that comes into existence on or after the commencement of this Act shall comply (a) with the provisions of subsection (2)(a) as soon as practicable after the day on which the public authority comes into existence and not later than twelve months after that day; and (b) with the provisions of subsection (2)(b) as if the reference to "first publication" in that subsection were a reference to first publication in compliance with this subsection. 10. (1) A person may serve upon a public authority a notice in writing stating that, in the opinion of the person a statement published by the public authority under section 8(2)(a) or (b) or section 9(2)(a) or (b) does not specify a document as described in section 8(1) or 9(1) that was required to be specified in the statement. (2) The public authority shall (a) make a decision within twenty-one days of receiving a notice and publish the decision in relation to the document referred to in subsection (1), no later than seven days thereafter in the Gazette; (b) cause the person to be given notice in writing of its decision. (3) Where the decision is adverse to the person's claim, the notice shall (a) state the findings on any material questions of fact, referring to the material on which those findings were based, and the reasons for the decision; and (b) inform the person of his 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. PART III RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION 11. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and subject to the provisions of this act, it shall be the right of every person to obtain access to an official document. (2) Nothing in this Act shall prevent a public authority from (a) giving access to documents or information; (b) amending documents, other than as required by this Act where it has the discretion to do so or where it is required to do so by any written law or order of a court. 12. A person is not entitled to obtain, in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Part, access to -