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CITY OF ADELAIDE ACT 1998 - SECT 18

18—Access to information

        (1)         The following will be taken to be exempt documents for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1991 :

            (a)         a document that has been specifically prepared for submission to the Capital City Committee (whether or not it has been so submitted);

            (b)         a preliminary draft of a document referred to in paragraph (a);

            (c)         a document that is a copy of a part of, or contains an extract from, a document referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

            (d)         an official record of the Committee;

            (e)         a document that contains matter the disclosure of which would disclose information concerning any deliberation or decision of the Committee.

        (2)         A document is not an exempt document under subsection (1) if—

            (a)         it merely consists of factual or statistical material that does not disclose information concerning any deliberation or decision of the Committee; or

            (b)         it is within a class of documents excluded from the operation of subsection (1) by the regulations.

        (3)         The Crown and the Adelaide City Council are entitled to access to—

            (a)         a document referred to in subsection (1); and

            (b)         any other document in the possession or control of the Committee under this Act.

        (4)         However—

            (a)         access to a document is not available under subsection (3) in breach of a duty of confidence; and

            (b)         access to a document under subsection (3) may be given on conditions determined by the Committee.

        (5)         In this section, a reference to the Committee includes a reference to a subcommittee or delegate of the Committee acting under this Act.



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