Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 31B

                   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).

Note 1:       A document is an exempt document for the purposes of this Act (see subsection 4(1)) if:

(a)    it is exempt under this section; or

(b)    it is exempt because of section 7 (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.

Note 2:       Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest (see section 11A).