EXEMPTIONS

Responsibilities of Government

Information obtained in confidence

13. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the head of a government institution shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information that was obtained in confidence from

(a) the government of a foreign state or an institution thereof;

(b) an international organization of states or an institution thereof;

(c) the government of a province or an institution thereof;

(d) a municipal or regional government established by or pursuant to an Act of the legislature of a province or an institution of such a government; or,

(e) an aboriginal government.

(2) The head of a government institution may disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information described in subsection (1) if the government, organization or institution from which the information was obtained

(a) consents to the disclosure; or,

(b) makes the information public.

(3) The expression "aboriginal government" in paragraph(1)(e) means

(a) Nisga'a Government, as defined in the Nisga'a Final Agreement given effect by the Nisga'a Final Agreement Act;

(b) the council, as defined in the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement given effect by the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act; or

(c) the Tlicho Government, as defined in section 2 of the Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act;. or

(d) the Nunatsiavut Government, as defined in section 2 of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act. R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s.13; 2000, c.7, s.21; 2004, c.17, s.16; 2005, c.1, s.97; 2005, c.27, s.22.