Freedom of Information 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 [No. of 2002 13 (c) would or could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the legitimate interests of Zambia in crime prevention and any preliminary investigation of crime or other unlawful acts; and (d) would or could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the legitimate interests of Zambia in the protection of the deliberative process of a public authority insofar as it involves the expressing of an opinion, advice or recommendation by a public authority, an employee thereof, or any person acting for or on behalf of the public authority but not in respect of factual, statistical, scientific, or technical information. 15. Where a public authority reasonably determines that a request for access to information involves the confidential commercial interests of a third party, the authority shall forthwith notify the third party in writing of the specifics of the request and that the disclosure of the information is imminent unless the third party, within fifteen days of receipt of the notice, responds in writing that it considers the information to be confidential and gives reasons as to why harm would result from disclosure; and upon receipt of such response the authority shall claim an exemption. Exemption for confidential commercial information 16. (1) A public authority shall disclose the information requested notwithstanding that it has claimed an exemption under section thirteen, fourteen and fifteen where to do so would be justified in the public interest having regard to both any benefit and harm that may accrue from doing so. (2) In determining whether disclosure is justified in the public interest, the public authority shall have regard to considerations such as obligations to comply with legal requirements, the prevention of the commission of offences or other unlawful acts, miscarriage of justice, abuse of authority or neglect in the performance of an official duty, unauthorised use of public funds, the avoidance of wasteful expenditure of public funds or danger to the health or safety of an individual or the public, or the need to prepare and protect the environment, and the need to improve public participation in, and understanding of, public policy making. Public interest N.A.B 14, 2002