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Information Act 2002
25Refusing access because providing access unreasonably
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25 Refusing access because providing access unreasonably
interferes with operations
(1) A public sector organisation may decide to refuse access to the
information because providing access would unreasonably interfere
with the operations of the organisation.
(2) A public sector organisation may only decide to refuse access
under subsection (1) if the organisation and the applicant are
unable to agree on a variation of the information identified in the
application.