Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 85

85 Procedure for reporting sensitive information

(1) This section applies if the commission considers that, apart from this section, information that would be included in a draft report or final report for a commission review is sensitive information.

(2) The commission need not include the information in the report.

(3) If the report is a final report, the commission may include the information in a separate document given to the Minister.

(4) In this section—

"sensitive information" means information—

(a) that would be contrary to the public interest to disclose; or

Examples of when disclosing information may be contrary to the public interest—

1 The disclosure would have a serious adverse effect on someone’s commercial interests.

2 The disclosure would reveal trade secrets.

3 The disclosure would cause damage to the relations between the Government of the State and another Government.

(b) for which, in any judicial proceeding, the State would have a basis for claiming that disclosure should not be permitted.