8 No. of 2002]
Cap. 281
Application
Freedom of Information
(b) to a parastatal or other organisation means the Chief
Executive Officer;
“ information ” means any material which communicates facts,
opinions, data or any other matter relating to the management,
administration, operations or decisions of a public authority,
regardless of its form, characteristics or when it was created;
“ local authority ” means a council established under the Local
Government Act and any other authority declared by Act of
Parliament to be a local authority;
“ member ” means a person appointed as a member of the
Commission under section six;
“ personal information ” means information relating to an
individual who is directly or indirectly identifiable by name,
identification document or through any physical or other
characteristics or attributes, but does not include information
having a bearing on the public functions of an employee of a
public authority or any other person performing a function of
a public authority;
“ public authority ” means any person holding an office, or any
body, specified in the Second Schedule;
“ record ”includes —
(a) any document, manuscript or file in any form;
(b) any microfilm or facsimile copy of a document;
(c ) any reproduction of an image embodied in such
microfilm, whether enlarged or not; and
(d) any other material held and produced by a mechanical,
electronic or other device and which is capable of
being reproduced.
3. (1) This Act applies to information under the control of public
authorities regardless of whether that information came into existence
before or after the commencement of this Act.
(2) This Act shall not apply to—
(a) information governed by confidentiality or privilege, to the
extent to which the disclosure of the information is
regulated, prohibited or restricted by the ethics of a
profession or practice;
(b) records relating to proceedings before a court or tribunal
after the commencement of those proceedings; or
( c) intelligence organisations specified in the Third Schedule or
to any information under the control of any of those
organisations.
N.A.B 14, 2002
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