Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 45

    (1)     A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under this Act would constitute a breach of confidence.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to any document to the disclosure of which section 36 (1) (a) applies or would, but for section 36 (2), (3) or (4), apply, being a document prepared by—

        (a)     a Minister; or

        (b)     a member of the staff of a Minister or an officer of an agency in the course of his or her duties; or

        (c)     a prescribed authority in the exercise of its functions;

for purposes relating to the affairs of an agency or the official affairs of a Minister unless the disclosure would constitute a breach of confidence owed to a person or body other than—

        (d)     a person in the capacity of Minister, member of the staff of a Minister or officer of an agency; or

        (e)     an agency or the Territory.