Executive Council documents
2 Executive Council documents
A document is an exempt document—
if it is a document that has been specifically prepared for submission to the Executive Council (whether or not it has been so submitted);
or
if it is a preliminary draft of a document referred to in paragraph (a);
or
if it is a document that is a copy of or part of, or contains an extract from, a document referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
if it contains matter concerning any deliberation or advice of the
Executive Council.
A document is not an exempt document by virtue of this clause—
if it merely consists of—
matter that appears in an instrument that has been made or approved by the
Governor and that has been officially published (either in the
Gazette or elsewhere); or
factual or statistical material that does not disclose information concerning any deliberation or advice of the Executive Council; or
merely because it was attached to a document described in subclause (1);
or
if
20 years have passed since the end of the calendar year in which the document came into existence.
A document is not an exempt document by virtue of this clause if—
the document has been submitted to Executive Council by a Minister; and
a
Minister has certified that Executive Council have approved the document as a document to which access may be given under this Act.
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