Third party proceedings
165 Third party proceedings
The information commissioner or a member of the staff of the OIC can not be compelled—
to produce an RTI document in third party legal proceedings; or
to disclose RTI information in third party legal proceedings.
In this section—
RTI document means a document received, or created, by the commissioner or a member of the staff of the OIC in performing functions under this Act.
RTI information means information that the commissioner or a member of the staff of the OIC obtained in performing functions under this Act.
third party legal proceedings means a legal proceeding other than—
a legal proceeding started by the commissioner; or
a legal proceeding started against the commissioner or a member of the staff of the OIC arising out of the performance of functions under this Act.
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