(1) On an external review, the agency or Minister who made the decision under
review has the onus of establishing that the decision was justified or that
the information commissioner should give a decision adverse to the applicant.
(2) However, if the decision under external review is a disclosure decision,
the participant in the external review application who opposes the
disclosure decision has the onus of establishing that a decision not to
disclose the document or information is justified or that the commissioner
should give a decision adverse to the person who wishes to be given access to
the document.
(3) In this section—
"disclosure decision" means—
(a) a decision to disclose a document or
information contrary to the views of a relevant third party obtained under
section 56; or
(b) a decision to disclose a document or information if the
agency or Minister should have taken, but has not taken, steps to obtain the
views of a relevant third party under section 56.