Certain information must be redacted from final review reports
53 Certain information must be redacted from final review reports
Information must be redacted from a final review report if the Chair is satisfied that the information is sensitive review information.
If information is redacted from a final review report, the Board must prepare a protected review report that includes the information, see section 54.
Sensitive review information is information the disclosure of which:
could prejudice the security, defence or international relations of Australia; or
would prejudice relations between the Commonwealth government and the government of a State or Territory; or
could reveal, or enable a person to ascertain, the existence or identity of a confidential source of information in relation to the enforcement of the criminal law; or
could endanger a person’s life or physical safety; or
would prejudice the fair trial of any person or the impartial adjudication of a matter; or
would involve disclosing information whose disclosure is prohibited or restricted by or under this Act, another Act or an instrument made under an Act; or
would involve unreasonably disclosing information that is confidential or commercially sensitive; or
would involve the disclosure of personal information about an individual without their consent.
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