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(e) any other consideration which, in the opinion of the public authority, is relevant. (3) Prior to making a determination under subsection (1) as to whether the disclosure of information would expose an undertaking to disadvantage, a public authority shall notify the undertaking which has supplied the relevant document or documents that the public authority has received a request for access to the document and shall (a) seek the undertaking’s view as to whether disclosure should occur; and (b) notify the undertaking where the public authority after consultation has decided to disclose the document and in such a case notify the undertaking of the right to apply to the High Court for judicial review of the decision. (4) A document is an exempt document if (a) (b) it contains the following information that would, if disclosed under this Act, be likely to expose the public authority to any disadvantage (i) a trade secret of a public authority, or (ii) in the case of a public authority engaged in trade or commerce, information of a business, commercial or financial nature; it contains the results of scientific or technical research undertaken by a public authority, and (i) the research could lead to a patentable invention, (ii) the disclosure of the results of an incomplete state under this Act would be reasonably likely to expose a business, commercial or financial undertaking unreasonably to disadvantage, or 28

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