(a)
(b)
its disclosure would reveal—
(i)
trade secrets;
(ii)
any other information of a commercial value, which value would be, or
could reasonably be expected to be, destroyed or diminished if the
information were disclosed;
it contains information (other than that referred to in paragraph (a)) concerning the
commercial interests of any person or organization (including a public authority) and the
disclosure of that information would prejudice those interests.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the applicant for access is the person or organization referred to in that
subsection or a person acting on behalf of that person or organization.
21.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), an official document is exempt from disclosure if its disclosure would, or Documents
relating to
could reasonably be expected to result in the destruction of, damage to, or interference with, the conservation heritage
sites
of—
etc.
(a)
any historical, archaeological or anthropological resources;
(b)
anything declared to be a national monument, designated as protected national heritage or
protected by a preservation notice under the Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act;
(c)
any species of plant or animal life so designated or which is endangered, threatened or
otherwise vulnerable;
(d)
any other rare or endangered living resource.
(2) A public authority shall grant access to a document referred to in subsection (1) if it is satisfied, having
regard to all the circumstances, that the disclosure thereof would, on balance, be in the public interest.
Documents
22.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a public authority shall not grant access to an official
affecting
document if it would involve the unreasonable disclosure of information relating to the personal affairs of anypersonal
privacy.
person, whether living or dead.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in any case where the application for access is made by the person to whose
affairs the document relates.
23.—(1) Where—
Issue of
certificate re
exempt
document.
in
(a)
the Prime Minister is satisfied that an application for access relates to a document specified
section 15 (1);
(b)
a responsible Minister is satisfied that an application for access relates to an official document
to which section 14, 16 or 18, as the case may be, applies,
the Prime Minister or the responsible Minister, as the case may require, may issue a certificate to the effect that
the document is an exempt document and shall specify the basis of the exemption.
(2) Where the Prime Minister or a responsible Minister, as the case may be, is satisfied as mentioned in
subsection (1) by virtue of anything contained in any particular part or parts of an official document, a
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Jamaica Archives & Records Department
Office of the Prime Minister
© Government of Jamaica 2003
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