Expungement of Historical Offences Act 2017
28AExemption from Right to Information Act 2009 in certain circumstances
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28A Exemption from Right to Information Act 2009 in certain circumstances
[Section 28A Inserted by No. 21 of 2025, s. 11, Applied:27 Nov 2025]
(1) In this section –
relevant person means –
(a) the Secretary; or
(b) a data controller; or
(c) a person required, or engaged by, the Secretary or a data controller to do or not to do a thing; or
(d) a person engaged in the administration of this Act; or
(e) a person prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(2) The Right to Information Act 2009 does not apply to information in the possession, for the purposes of this Act, of a relevant person unless the information relates to the administration of a public authority within the meaning of that Act.