Act 6
Access to Information Act
2005
was informed by or on behalf of the public body, before it is given, that the
information belongs to a class of information that would or might be made
available to the public;
(c) already publicly available;
(d) about a person who is deceased and the person requesting the information is (i) the person's next of kin; or
(ii) making the request with the written consent of the person's next of kin; or
(e) about a person who is or was an official of a public body and which relates to the
position or functions of the person, including, but not limited to (i) the fact that the person is or was an official of that public body;
(ii) the title, work address, work phone number and other similar particulars of the
person;
(iii) the classification, salary scale or remuneration and responsibilities of the
position held or services performed by the person; and
(iv) the name of the person on a record prepared by the person in the course of
employment.
27. Protection of commercial information of third party.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the information officer shall refuse a request for access to a
record if the record contains (a) proprietary information as defined in section 4;
(b) scientific or technical information, the disclosure of which is likely to cause harm
to the interests or proper functioning of the public body; or
(c) information supplied in confidence by a third party, the disclosure of which could
reasonably be expected (i) to put that third party at a disadvantage in contractual or commercial
negotiations; or
(ii) to prejudice that third party in commercial competition.
(2) A record may not be refused under subsection (1) insofar as it consists of
information (a) already publicly available;
(b) about a third party who has consented in writing to its disclosure to the person
requesting for it; or
(c) about the results of any product, environmental or other investigation supplied
to or by, or carried out by or on behalf of a public body and its disclosure
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