Freedom of Information Act 1982

PART IV - EXEMPT DOCUMENTS  

Division 3 - Public interest conditional exemptions  

SECTION 47H  

47H   Public interest conditional exemptions - research  


A document is conditionally exempt if:


(a) it contains information relating to research that is being, or is to be, undertaken by an officer of an agency specified in Schedule 4 ; and


(b) disclosure of the information before the completion of the research would be likely unreasonably to expose the agency or officer to disadvantage.

Note:

Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest (see section 11A ).


 

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