(1) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would divulge information communicated in confidence by or on behalf of a person or government to a public authority or Minister, and (a) the information would be exempt information if it were generated by a public authority or Minister; or(b) the disclosure of the information would be reasonably likely to impair the ability of a public authority or Minister to obtain similar information in the future.(2) Subsection (1) does not include information that (a) was acquired by a public authority or a Minister from a business, commercial or financial undertaking; and(b) relates to trade secrets or other matters of a business, commercial or financial nature; and(c) was provided to a public authority or Minister pursuant to a requirement of any law.