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Section 22 - Cabinet and Treasury Board confidences

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22(1) The head of a public body must refuse to disclose to an applicant information that would reveal the substance of deliberations of the Executive Council or any of its committees or of the Treasury Board or any of its committees, including any advice, recommendations, policy considerations or draft legislation or regulations submitted or prepared for submission to the Executive Council or any of its committees or to the Treasury Board or any of its committees.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

(a) information in a record that has been in existence for 15 years or more,

(b) information in a record of a decision made by the Executive Council or any of its committees on an appeal under an Act, or

(c) information in a record the purpose of which is to present background facts to the Executive Council or any of its committees or to the Treasury Board or any of its committees for consideration in making a decision if

(i) the decision has been made public,

(ii) the decision has been implemented, or

(iii) 5 years or more have passed since the decision was made or considered.

1994 cF-18.5 s21

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