Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Freedom of Information Amendment Act 1983 No. 81 of 1983 - SECT 18

18. Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(1) the following sub-section:

''(1A) This section does not apply to a document (in this sub-section referred
to as a 'relevant document') that is referred to in paragraph (1) (a), or that
is referred to in paragraph (1) (b) or (c) and is a copy of, or of part of, or
contains an extract from, a document that is referred to in paragraph (1) (a),
to the extent that the relevant document contains purely factual material
unless-

   (a)  the disclosure under this Act of that document would involve the
        disclosure of any deliberation or decision of the Cabinet; and

   (b)  the fact of that deliberation or decision has not been officially
        published.''.