(4) The information referred to in subsection (2)(c)(i) includes, without limiting the generality of that subsection, information about an agreement, or contemplated agreement, to transfer any interest in or right to shares in the capital of a public body to any person which is not a public body referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)(i) of the definition of “public body”.
(5) A record may not be refused in terms of subsection (3) insofar as it consists of information—
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(c), the results of any product or environmental testing or other investigation do not include the results of preliminary testing or other investigation conducted for the purpose of developing methods of testing or other investigation.
(7) If a request for access to a record contemplated in subsection (5)(c) is granted and the testing or other investigation was carried out by or on behalf of the public body from which the record is requested, the information officer must at the same time as access to the record is given, provide the requester with a written explanation of the methods used in conducting the testing or other investigation.
Mandatory protection of research information of third party, and protection of research information of public body
43. (1) The information officer of a public body must refuse a request for access to a record of the body if the record contains information about research being or to be carried out by or on behalf of a third party, the disclosure of which would be likely to expose—
to serious disadvantage.
(2) The information officer of a public body may refuse a request for access to a record of the body if the record contains informatiop about research being or to be carried out by or on behalf of a public body, the disclosure of which would be likely to expose—
to serious disadvantage.
Operations of public bodies
44. (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the information officer of a public body may refuse a request for access to a record of the body—