New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 Deletion of information from documents

• (1) Where the information requested is comprised in a document and there is good reason for withholding some of the information contained in that document, the other information in that document may be made available by making a copy of that document available with such deletions or alterations as are necessary.

  (2) Where a copy of a document is made available under subsection (1), the department or Minister of the Crown or organisation shall, subject to section 10, give to the applicant—

  • (a) the reason for withholding the information; and

  • (b) if the applicant so requests, the grounds in support of that reason, unless the giving of those grounds would itself prejudice the interests protected by section 6 or section 7 or section 9 and (in the case of the interests protected by section 9) there is no countervailing public interest.

  Section 17(2)(b): amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 4(2) of the Official Information Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 8).