Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1991 - SECT 33

      (1) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would divulge information communicated in confidence by or on behalf of a person or a government to an agency or a Minister, and –

(a) the information would be exempt information if it were generated by an agency or a Minister; or

(b) the disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest because the disclosure would be reasonably likely to impair the ability of an agency or a Minister to obtain similar information in the future.

      (2) Information referred to in subsection (1) is not exempt information if it is in the public interest that the information should be given under this Act.

      (3) Subsection (1) does not include information that –

(a) was acquired by an agency or a Minister from a business, commercial or financial undertaking; and

(b) relates to trade secrets or other matters of a business, commercial or financial nature; and

(c) was provided to an agency or Minister pursuant to a requirement of any law.