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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 47B

Public interest conditional exemptions--Commonwealth - State relations etc.

    A document is conditionally exempt if disclosure of the document under this Act:

  (a)   would, or could reasonably be expected to, cause damage to relations between the Commonwealth and a State; or

  (b)   would divulge information or matter communicated in confidence by or on behalf of the Government of a State or an authority of a State, to the Government of the Commonwealth, to an authority of the Commonwealth or to a person receiving the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth; or

  (d)   would divulge information or matter communicated in confidence by or on behalf of a Norfolk Island authority, to the Government of the Commonwealth, to an authority of the Commonwealth or to a person receiving the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; or

  (f)   would divulge information or matter communicated in confidence by or on behalf of the Government of a State or an authority of a State, to a Norfolk Island authority or to a person receiving the communication on behalf of a Norfolk Island authority.

Note:   Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest (see section   11A).


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