Annual reports
80 Annual reports
The Minister may 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 Department that is to be, or might be, made public,
information that is of a commercially sensitive nature, despite section 64 of the Financial Management Act 2006 or an obligation, however arising, to make the document public.
Subsection (1) does not apply to the extent to which —
the information is already in the public domain; or
the information is summary or statistical information that could not reasonably be expected to enable particulars relating to any person to be ascertained; or
disclosure of the information is authorised by each person or organisation to whom it relates.
A copy of a document from which any matter has been deleted 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 80 inserted: No. 38 of 2007 s. 184.]
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