79Representation meeting subject to Cabinet confidentiality

79 Representation meeting subject to Cabinet confidentiality

(1) A representation meeting is subject to the same requirements for confidentiality as if it were a meeting of the Cabinet.

(2) Each of the following documents are subject to Cabinet confidentiality—

(a) a document that is the official record of any representation meeting;

(b) a document that has been prepared by or for a Minister or on the Minister's behalf for the purposes of a representation meeting;

(c) a document prepared for the purpose of briefing a Minister in relation to issues to be considered at a representation meeting;

(d) a document given to a Minister or the Cabinet by the First Peoples' Assembly at or for the purposes of a representation meeting;

(e) a document given to the First Peoples' Assembly by a Minister or the Cabinet at or for the purposes of a representation meeting;

(f) a document that is a copy or draft of, or contains extracts from, a document referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e);

(g) a document the disclosure of which would involve disclosure of the content or subject of any representation meeting.

See also section 28(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

(3) Information is subject to Cabinet confidentiality if it is information that, if it were in the form of a document, would be a document referred to in subsection (2).

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