Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
Information is exempt information –
(a) if it is –
(i) a trade secret of an agency; or
(ii) in the case of an agency engaged in trade or commerce – information of a business, commercial or financial nature that would, if disclosed under this Act, be likely to expose the agency to competitive disadvantage; or
(b) if it consists of the result of scientific or technical research undertaken by or on behalf of an agency, and –
(i) the research could lead to a patentable invention; or
(ii) the disclosure of the results of an incomplete state would be reasonably likely to expose a business, commercial or financial undertaking unreasonably to disadvantage; or
(iii) the disclosure of the results before the completion of the research would be reasonably likely to expose the agency or the person carrying out the research unreasonably to disadvantage; or
(c) if it is contained in –
(i) an examination, a submission by a student in respect of an examination, an examiner's report or any such similar record; and
(ii) the use for which the record was prepared has not been completed.