Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
43Disclosure of Cabinet or Executive Council information
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43 Disclosure of Cabinet or Executive Council information
43 Disclosure of Cabinet or Executive Council information
(1) Nothing in this Act or the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 authorises the Privacy Commissioner to require any person or public sector agency to disclose Cabinet information or Executive Council information.
(2) The Secretary or General Counsel of the Cabinet Office may certify that information is Cabinet information. Any such certificate—
(a) is conclusive of that fact, and
(b) authorises any person or agency who would otherwise be required under this Act or the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 to disclose the information concerned to refuse to disclose it.
(3) In this section—
Cabinet information means information that is Cabinet information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
Executive Council information means information that is Executive Council information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
s 43: Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [14] [15]; 2009 No 54, Sch 2.34 [5]–[8]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.73 [3]; 2023 No 35, Sch 4.33.