Restrictions on disclosure of certain information etc.
In spite of anything else in this Act or the ART Act, the Secretary shall not give to the ART a document, or information, if the Minister certifies, in writing, that the disclosure of any matter contained in the document, or the disclosure of the information, would be contrary to the public interest: (a) because it would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of Australia; or (b) because it would involve the disclosure of deliberations or decisions of the Cabinet or of a committee of the Cabinet.
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