GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 11 Act overrides secrecy provisions in other legislation

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 11

11 Act overrides secrecy provisions in other legislation

This Act overrides a provision of any other Act or statutory rule that prohibits the disclosure of information (whether or not the prohibition is subject to specified qualifications or exceptions), other than a provision of a law listed in Schedule 1 as an overriding secrecy law.

Note : For overriding secrecy laws it is conclusively presumed that there is an overriding public interest against disclosure of the information. Other secrecy laws are to be taken into account as considerations against disclosure in determining whether there is an overriding public interest against disclosure. See section 14.