Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2016 - SECT 16

    (1)     For this Act, information is contrary to the public interest information if—

        (a)     it is taken to be contrary to the public interest to disclose under schedule 1; or

        (b)     disclosing the information would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest under the test set out in section 17.

    (2)     However, information mentioned in schedule 1 (other than exempt information) is not taken to be contrary to the public interest information if it identifies—

        (a)     corruption; or

        (b)     the commission of an offence by a public official; or

        (c)     that the scope of a law enforcement investigation has exceeded the limits imposed by law.

    (3)     In this section:

"exempt information" means information that is taken to be contrary to the public interest to disclose under the following sections:

        (a)     schedule 1, section 1.1B (Information related to integrity commission matters);

        (b)     schedule 1, section 1.2 (Information subject to legal professional privilege).