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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 63D

Special requirements for production of documents claimed to be exempt under section 28, 29A, 31 or 31A

    (1)     This section applies to the production of a document that is claimed to be exempt under section 28, 29A, 31 or 31A.

    (2)     The document may only be inspected at the premises of the agency which, or the Minister who, made the claim that the document is exempt.

    (3)     The Information Commissioner is not entitled to possession of, or to make copies of, the document.

S. 63D(4) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 147.

    (4)     Despite subsections (2) and (3), at the request of the Information Commissioner, the document must be provided to the Information Commissioner for inspection by secure electronic means.

S. 63D(5) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 147.

    (5)     If the Information Commissioner has made a request under subsection (4), after the Information Commissioner has inspected the document, the Information Commissioner must—

        (a)     destroy the document as soon as practicable after inspecting the document; and

        (b)     advise the agency or the Minister in writing that the inspection of the document has been completed and the document has been destroyed.

S. 63E inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 71.



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