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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 29

Documents containing matter communicated by any other State

    (1)     A document is an exempt document if disclosure under this Act would be contrary to the public interest and disclosure—

        (a)     would prejudice relations between the State and the Commonwealth or any other State or Territory; or

        (b)     would divulge any information or matter communicated in confidence by or on behalf of the government of another country or of the Commonwealth or of any other State or Territory to the government of the State or Territory or a person receiving a communication on behalf of that government.

S. 29(2) inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 12.

    (2)     In deciding whether a document is an exempt document under subsection (1), an agency or Minister, if practicable, must—

        (a)     notify any of the following that are relevant that the agency or Minister has received a request for access to the document

              (i)     another agency or Minister;

              (ii)     an agency of another country or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory;

              (iii)     an authority of another country or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory; and

        (b)     seek the view of that agency, authority or Minister as to whether the document should be disclosed.

S. 29A inserted by No. 7/2003 s. 42.



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