(l)
a report of an interdepartmental committee
task force within a public authority, which has
been established for the purpose of preparing
a report on a particular topic, unless the report
is to be submitted to Cabinet or a committee
or subcommittee of Cabinet;
(m)
a report of a committee, council or other body
which is attached to a public authority and
which has been established for the purpose of
undertaking inquiries and making reports and
recommendations to the public authority;
(n)
the reasons for a final decision, order or ruling
of a public authority made during or at the
conclusion of the exercise of discretionary
power conferred by or under a written law or
scheme administered by the public authority,
whether or not the written law or scheme
allows an appeal to be taken against the
decision, order or ruling, and whether or not
the reasons (i)
are contained in an internal
memorandum of the public authority
or in a letter from an officer or
employee of the public authority, or
(ii)
were given by the officer who made
the decision, order or ruling or were
incorporated by reference into the
decision, order or ruling.
(3) Where a decision is made under Part II that an applicant
is not entitled to access to a document by reason of the application
of this section, the notice under section 19 shall state the public
interest considerations on which the decision is based.
(4) Subsection (1) shall cease to apply to a document brought
into existence on or after the commencement of this Act when a
period of 10 years has elapsed since the last day of the year in which
the document came into existence.
National security
and defence
documents
27.
(1) A document is an exempt document if disclosure of the
document under this Act would be contrary to the public interest for
the reason that the disclosure would prejudice the security or
defence of Botswana.
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