Deletion of commercially sensitive matters
68 Deletion of commercially sensitive matters
The Authority may request the Minister to delete from —
a copy of a report under the Financial Management Act 2006 (and any accompanying document) that is to be laid before a House of Parliament or made public; or
any other document of the Authority that is to be, or might be, made public,
a matter that is of a commercially sensitive nature, and the Minister may, despite the Financial Management Act 2006 section 64 or an obligation, however arising, to make the document public, comply with the request.
A copy of a document from which any matter has been deleted under subsection (1) must —
contain a statement, at the place in the document where the matter was deleted, detailing the reasons for the deletion; and
be accompanied by an opinion from the Auditor General stating that the information deleted is commercially sensitive.
[Section 68 amended: No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 94(2).]
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