FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 No. 3 of 1982 - SECT 43 Documents relating to business affairs, &c.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 No. 3 of 1982 - SECT 43

43. (1) A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under this Act
would disclose -

   (a)  trade secrets;

   (b)  any other information having a commercial value that would be, or
could reasonably be expected to be, destroyed or diminished if the
information
were disclosed; or

   (c)  information (other than trade secrets or information to which
paragraph

   (b)  applies) concerning a person in respect of his business or
professional affairs or concerning the business, commercial or financial
affairs of an organization or undertaking, being information -

        (i)    the disclosure of which would, or could reasonably be expected
to, unreasonably affect that person adversely in respect of his
lawful business or professional affairs or that organization or
undertaking in respect of its lawful business, commercial or
financial affairs; or

        (ii)   the disclosure of which under this Act could reasonably be
expected to prejudice the future supply of information to the
Commonwealth or an agency for the purpose of the
administration
of a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory or the
administration of matters administered by an agency.

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) do not have effect in relation to a
request by a person for access to a document -

   (a)  by reason only of the inclusion in the document of information
concerning
that person in respect of his business or professional affairs;

   (b)  by reason only of the inclusion in the document of information
concerning
the business, commercial or financial affairs of an
undertaking
where the person making the request is the proprietor of the
undertaking or a person acting on behalf of the proprietor; or

   (c)  by reason only of the inclusion in the document of information
concerning
the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organization
where the person making the request is the organization or a person
acting on behalf of the organization.

(3) A reference in this section to an undertaking includes a reference to an
undertaking that is carried on by, or by an authority of, the Commonwealth, a
State, the Northern Territory or a local government authority.