(a) the contents of a report prepared in the course of routine inspections by an agency that
is authorized to enforce compliance with any enactment;
(b) the contents of a report, including statistical analysis, on the degree of success
achieved in a law enforcement programme; or
(c) statistical information on decisions made by the Attorney-General on the prosecution
of offences:
Provided that the disclosure of such information will not contravene the prohibitions set
out in subsection (1).
(3) The head of a public body may disclose, after the completion of an investigation by the
police, the reasons for a decision not to prosecute to—
(a) a person who was aware and had an interest in the investigation, including a victim or
complainant, or relative or friend of a victim or complainant; or
(b) any member of the public, where the investigation had been made public.
18 Protection of information relating to inter-governmental relations or
negotiations
(1) The head of a public body may, on the advice of the Minister responsible for local
government or the Minister responsible for foreign affairs, as the case may be, refuse to disclose
information to an applicant if such disclosure may—
(a) affect the relations between the government and—
(i) a municipal or rural district council; or
(ii) the government of a foreign state; or
(iii) an international organisation of states;
(b) divulge information received in confidence from a government, council or organisation
referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to information, other than law enforcement information,
contained in a record that has existed for twenty or more years.
19 Protection of information relating to the financial or economic interests of
public body or the State
(1) The head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant information which
may result in harm to the planning, financial or economic interests of the public body or the
State.
(2) The information referred to in subsection (1) shall include—
(a) trade secrets of a public body or the State; or
(b) financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that belongs to a public body
or to the State and has monetary value; or
(c) plans that relate to the management of personnel of or the administration of a public
body or the State and that have not yet been implemented or made public; or
(d) information whose disclosure may result in the premature disclosure of a proposal or
project or in undue financial loss or gain to a third party;
(e) information relating to negotiations made by or for a public body or the State.

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