FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 74
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 74
74 . Exempt matter etc., Commissioner to ensure non-disclosure of
(1) In dealing with a
complaint the Commissioner has to give such directions and do such things as
the Commissioner thinks necessary to avoid the disclosure of —
(a)
exempt matter; or
(b)
information as to the existence or non-existence of a document containing
matter exempt under clause 1, 2 or 5 of Schedule 1.
(2) The Commissioner
is not to include exempt matter, or information of a kind referred to in
subsection (1)(b), in a decision on a complaint or in reasons given for the
decision.
(3) If the question of
whether or not a document is a document of the agency is in issue, subsections
(1) and (2) apply to the contents of the document as if those contents were
exempt matter.