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Third party
informatuion.
19. The duty to disclose information shall not apply if, or to
the extent that, compliance with section 2 would, in relation to
information obtained by the public authority from a third party, would
or could reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of confidence
actionable by that third party.
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Client
professional
privilege.
20. The duty to disclose information shall not apply if, or to
the extent that, compliance with section 2 would involve a breach of
the rules governing legally privileged information.
Personal
matters.
21. (1) The duty to disclose information shall not apply if, or
to the extent that, compliance with section 2 would involve the
unreasonable disclosure of personal information concerning an
individual.
(2) For the purposes of this section disclosure is not
unreasonable if–
(a) the individual to whom the information relates
gives prior consent;
(b) the disclosure is required to promote public
health or public safety;
(c) the disclosure is necessary in order to subject
public authorities and private bodies to public
scrutiny;
(d) the disclosure is made to the individual to
whom the information relates;
(e) the disclosure can reasonably be expected
not to have an adverse effect on the affairs
of any person or prejudice the future supply
of the information;
(f) the information is already available to the
public;
(g) the individual to whom the information relates
was informed or made aware prior to
supplying the information that the
information belongs to a class of information
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that will or might be made available to the
public;
(h) in the case of a deceased person, the
applicant is the next-of-kin or represents the
next-of-kin of the deceased;
(i) the third party has been deceased for more
than twenty years.
22. The duty to disclose information shall not apply if, or to
the extent that, in relation to information obtained by the public
authority from a third party, compliance with section 2 would divulge
a trade secret or would or could really be expected to seriously
prejudice the commercial interests of that third party.
Commercial
interest.
23. The duty to disclose information shall not apply if, or to
the extent that, compliance with section 2 would or could reasonably
be expected to seriously prejudice the commercial interests of a public
authority.
Public
economic
interests.
24. (1) Access to a historical record shall not be denied under
this Part unless the Commission certifies that there is an ongoing
need for it to be kept confidential.
Historical
records.
25. The duty to disclose information shall not apply if the
information requested relates to any matter concerning the traditional
rites or customary usages of a group of people in Sierra Leone.
Customary
rites and
usages.
26. If a request for information relates to a record containing
information which falls within the scope of an exception in this Part,
any information in the record which is not subject to an exception
shall, to the extent it may reasonably be severed from the rest of the
information, be provided to the applicant.
Severability.