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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 6

Exemption of certain bodies

    (1)     A territory-owned corporation or a subsidiary within the meaning of the Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990 is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to documents in respect of its competitive commercial activities.

    (2)     An agency is exempt from the operation of this Act in respect of documents that are health records within the meaning of the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 (the Health Records Act ).

    (3)     The human rights commission is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to documents created or received by the commission in relation to—

        (a)     a complaint made to the commission under the Health Records Act, section 18; or

        (b)     the exercise of a function under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 in relation to a complaint mentioned in paragraph (a).

Note     Exercise and function are defined in the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1.

    (4)     The regulations may specify that—

        (a)     bodies identified in the regulations, or persons holding and performing the duties of offices so identified, are not prescribed authorities for this Act; or

        (b)     agencies identified in the regulations are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the documents referred to in the regulations in relation to them.



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