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Section 18 - Disclosure harmful to individual or public safety
18(1) The head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant information, including personal information about the applicant, if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to
(a) threaten anyone else's safety or mental or physical health, or
(b) interfere with public safety.
(2) The head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant personal information about the applicant if, in the opinion of a physician, a
regulated member of the College of Alberta Psychologists or a psychiatrist or any other appropriate expert depending on the circumstances of the case, the disclosure could reasonably be expected to result in immediate and grave harm to the applicant's health or safety.
(3) The head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant information in a record that reveals the identity of an individual who has provided information to the public body in confidence about a threat to an individual's safety or mental or physical health.
1994 cF-18.5 s17;1999 c23 s10;2006 cH-7 s153.3
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