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PART 10
Miscellaneous
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Prohibition on requests for certain documents
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69. (1) The Minister may, following consultation with any relevant Minister of the Government and having had regard to the matters referred to in subsection (4), prescribe—
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(a) certain documents or classes of document the provision of which a public body shall not request from a person (other than a public body) in original, copy or electronic form, or
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(b) certain uses for the purposes of which a public body shall not request the provision of certain documents or classes of documents from a person (other than a public body) in original, copy or electronic form.
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(2) A public body shall not—
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(a) request a document or class of document which is prescribed under subsection (1)(a), or
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(b) request a document or class of document for the purposes of a use of such a document or class of document which is prescribed under subsection (1)(b).
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(3) In this section “relevant Minister of the Government” means a Minister of the Government the exercise of whose functions would be affected by the making of an order proposed to be made under subsection (1).
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(4) The matters to which the Minister is to have regard for the purposes of subsection (1) are as follows:
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(a) whether the proposed prohibition would facilitate the carrying out of a function of a public body by—
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(i) reducing the duplication of tasks carried out by one or more public bodies,
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(ii) increasing the efficiency of the public body in carrying out the function, or
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(iii) facilitating an improvement in the quality of services being delivered by one or more public bodies;
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(b) whether the proposed prohibition would reduce the need for a person to provide the same information to more than one public body.
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