Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174:section:31b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31B
Character Range: 130382–131211

31B  Exempt documents for the purposes of this Part
  A document is exempt for the purposes of this Part if:
 (a) it is an exempt document under Division 2; or
 (b) it is conditionally exempt under Division 3, and access to the document would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest for the purposes of subsection 11A(5).
Note 1: A document is an exempt document for the purposes of this Act (see subsection 4(1)) if:
(a) it is exempt under this section; or
(b) it is exempt because of section 7 (exemption of certain persons and bodies); or
(c) it is an official document of a Minister that contains matters not relating to the affairs of an agency or a Department of State.
Note 2: Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest (see section 11A).