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NO. 26 OF 2012


(i) for employment or for appointment to office;
(ii) for promotion in employment or office or for continuance in employment or office;
(iii) for removal from employment or office;
(iv) for admission to an education institution;
(v) for the awarding of contracts, awards, bursaries, scholarships, honours or other similar benefits;
(vi) for selection for an athletic or artistic purpose; or
(vii) for grant of financial or social assistance, or the delivery of appropriate health services, under any scheme administered by a public agency;
(b) for the purpose of determining whether any contract, award, bursary, scholarship, honour or other similar benefit should be continued, modified or cancelled;
(c) for the purpose of deciding whether to insure any individual or property or to continue or renew the insurance of any individual or property; or
(d) for such other similar purposes as may be prescribed by the Minister;

“individual” means a natural person, whether living or deceased;

“investigation” means an investigation relating to—

(a) a breach of an agreement;
(b) a contravention of any written law, or any rule of professional conduct or other requirement imposed by any regulatory authority in exercise of its powers under any written law; or
(c) a circumstance or conduct that may result in a remedy or relief being available under any law;

“national interest” includes national defence, national security, public security, the maintenance of essential services and the conduct of international affairs;