Act 6
Access to Information Act
2005
(ii) any body or person responsible for the detection, prevention, suppression or
curtailment of subversive or hostile activities;
(d) held for the purposes of intelligence relating to (i) the defense of Uganda;
(ii) the detection, prevention, suppression or curtailment of subversive
or hostile activities; or
(iii) another state or an international organisation used by or on behalf
of Uganda in the process of deliberation and consultation in the conduct of
international affairs;
(e) on methods of, and scientific or technical equipment for, collecting, assessing or
handling information referred to in paragraph (d),
(f) on the identity of a confidential source and any other source of information referred
to in paragraph (d);
(g) on the positions adopted or to be adopted by Uganda, another state or an
international organisation for the purpose of present or future international
negotiations; or
(h) that constitutes diplomatic correspondence exchanged with another state or an
international organisation or official correspondence exchanged with diplomatic
missions of Uganda.
33. Operations of public bodies.
(1) An information officer may refuse a request for access (a) if the record contains (i) an opinion, advice, report or recommendation obtained or prepared; or
(ii) an account of a consultation, discussion or deliberation that has occurred,
including, but limited to, minutes of a meeting, for the purpose of assisting to
take a decision in the exercise of a power or performance of a duty conferred
or imposed by law; or
(b) if the disclosure of the record could reasonably be expected to frustrate the
deliberative process in a public body or between public bodies by inhibiting the (i)
communication of an opinion, advice, report or recommendation; or
(ii) conduct of a consultation, discussion or deliberation.
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