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TERRORISM (COMMUNITY PROTECTION) (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 30 OF 2006) - SECT 19

Freedom of Information Act 1982—deletion of irrelevant material

    (1)     In the definition of "document" in section 5(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982

        (a)     at the end of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) insert "and";

        (b)     in paragraph (f) for "them—" substitute "them; and";

        (c)     after paragraph (f) insert

    "(g)     any copy, reproduction or duplicate of any thing referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f); and

        (h)     any part of a copy, reproduction or duplicate referred to in paragraph
(g)—".

    (2)     Insert the following heading to section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982

"Deletion of exempt matter or irrelevant material" .

    (3)     In section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982

        (a)     in paragraph (a) after "exempt document" insert "or that to grant the request would disclose information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the request";

        (b)     in paragraph (b) after "exempt document" insert "or a document that would not disclose such information (as the case requires)".

    (4)     In section 27(1)(c) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 , after "exempt" insert "or irrelevant".



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