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(b) disclose a trade secret; or
(c) disclose information (other than a trade secret) having a commercial value that would be, or could reasonably be expected to be, destroyed or diminished if the information were disclosed; or
(d) be an unreasonable disclosure of information about the business, commercial or financial interests or affairs of an entity; or
Note Entity includes a person (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).
(e) prejudice the investigation of a contravention of a law; or
(f) prejudice the fair trial of a person; or
(g) prejudice relations between the ACT government and another government.
(2) However, the report may include information mentioned in subsection (1) if the reviewer is satisfied that the substance of the information is public knowledge.
(3) If, under subsection (1), the reviewer omits information from a report for the Legislative Assembly, the reviewer may prepare a special report for the public accounts committee that includes the information.
(4) The reviewer must give the special report to the presiding member of the public accounts committee.
(5) The presiding member must present the special report to the public accounts committee.
(6) A special report presented to the public accounts committee is taken for all purposes to have been referred to the committee by the Legislative Assembly for inquiry and any report that the committee considers appropriate.
(7) In this section:
public accounts committee means the committee of the Legislative Assembly whose functions include the examination of financial statements for the Territory, a department or a territory authority.
14D Reports to be given to Speaker
(1) A report required by this part to be given to the Speaker must—
(a) if the Speaker is unavailable—be given to the Deputy Speaker; or
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