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Ombudsman Act 1973
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19C Conclusive certificates
(1) The Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet may issue a certificate certifying that—
(a) any information or question or document or part of a document relates to deliberations of Ministers or of a committee referred to in section 19; or
(b) any information or document or part of a document—
(i) is Cabinet information; or
(ii) would, if it existed, be Cabinet information; or
(c) any question relates to Cabinet information; or
(d) any information or question or document or part of a document relates to deliberations in private of a committee referred to in section 19B.
(2) A certificate issued under this section is conclusive of the facts certified.
S. 19D (Heading) amended by No. 2/2019 s. 79(Sch. 1 Pt C item 25).
S. 19D inserted by No. 85/2012 s. 158, amended by No. 2/2019 s. 79(Sch. 1 Pt C item 26).
19D Disclosure of information subject to legal professional privilege or client legal privilege—relevant public interest complaints
Nothing in this Act entitles a person to disclose information that is the subject of legal professional privilege or client legal privilege in an investigation on a relevant public interest complaint.
S. 20 (Heading) inserted by No. 82/2012 s. 235(1).