Freedom of Information Act 1982
PART IV
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EXEMPT DOCUMENTS
Division 1
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Preliminary
SECTION 31B
31B
Exempt documents for the purposes of this Part
A document is exempt for the purposes of this Part if:
(a) it is an exempt document under Division 2 ; or
(b) it is conditionally exempt under Division 3 , and access to the document would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest for the purposes of subsection 11A(5) .(a) it is exempt under this section; or
(b) it is exempt because of section
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(exemption of certain persons and bodies); or
(c) it is an official document of a Minister that contains matters not relating to the affairs of an agency or a Department of State.
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Hide history noteA document is exempt for the purposes of this Part if:
(a) it is an exempt document under Division 2 ; or
(b) it is conditionally exempt under Division 3 , and access to the document would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest for the purposes of subsection 11A(5) .
Note 1:
A document is an exempt document for the purposes of this Act (see subsection 4(1) ) if:
Note 2:
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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