Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Information is exempt information if it is contained in –
(a) the official record of a deliberation or decision of the Cabinet; or
(b) a record proposed by a Minister for the purpose of being submitted to the Cabinet for consideration provided that the Minister has contributed to the origin, subject or contents of that record; or
(c) a record that is a copy of, or a copy of part of, a record referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) a record, the disclosure of which would involve the disclosure of a deliberation or decision of the Cabinet, other than a record by which a decision of the Cabinet was officially published.
(2) Subsection (1) ceases to apply in respect of information incorporated in a record after the commencement of this Act 10 years after its incorporation.
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(4) Subsection (1) does not include information solely because it is contained in a record that –
if the record was not brought into existence for submission to the Cabinet for consideration.(a) was submitted to the Cabinet for consideration; or
(b) is proposed by a Minister to be submitted to the Cabinet for consideration –
(5) Subsection (1) does not include purely factual information unless its disclosure would disclose a deliberation or decision of the Cabinet which has not been officially published.
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(7) Where the Ombudsman, on a review under section 48, decides that the public interest requires that the information shall be provided, the Ombudsman shall prepare a report on the application for the information and the refusal to supply it, and the Ombudsman's review of the decision, and present it to both Houses of Parliament.
(8) In this section "the Cabinet" includes a committee of the Cabinet.