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Access to Information Act
2005
action or to refrain from taking such action as the court considers necessary within a
period mentioned in the order;
(d) granting an interim or specific relief, a declaratory order or compensation; or
(e) as to costs.
PART IV - MISCELLANEOUS.
43. Annual report.
(1) Each Minister shall submit an annual report to Parliament on requests for access to
records or information made to public bodies under his or her ministry in relation to the
relevant year, and shall indicate whether access was given or not and if access was not
given, state reasons for the denial.
(2) For avoidance of doubt, the annual report referred to in subsection (1) may be
included in the annual policy statement of the Ministry.
44. Protection of persons releasing information
(1) No person shall be subject to any legal, administrative or employment-related
sanction, regardless of any breach of a legal or employment obligation, for releasing
information on wrongdoing, or information which would disclose a serious threat to
health, safety or the environment, as long as that person acted in good faith and in the
reasonable belief that the information was substantially true and disclosed evidence of
wrongdoing or a serious threat to health, safety or the environment.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1), wrongdoing includes the commission of a criminal
offence, failure to comply with a legal obligation, a miscarriage of justice, corruption or
dishonesty, or maladministration regarding a public body.
45. Protection of officers.
A public officer, information officer or other person acting on the directions of such a person
is not subject to any civil or criminal liability for any act done or omitted to be done in good
faith in the exercise or performance of any power or duty under this Act.
46. Offences.
A person who with intent to deny a right of access under this Act (a) destroys, damages or alters a record;
(b) conceals a record; or
(c) falsifies a record or makes a false record,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty
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