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47HPublic interest conditional exemptions—research
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#### 47H Public interest conditional exemptions—research
A document is conditionally exempt if:
(a) it contains information relating to research that is being, or is to be, undertaken by an officer of an agency specified in Schedule 4; and
(b) disclosure of the information before the completion of the research would be likely unreasonably to expose the agency or officer to disadvantage.
> Note: Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest (see section 11A).