Information Not Disclosed to the Public

Information Not Disclosed to the Public

Under the GIPA Act, there is a presumption in favour of disclosing Government information unless there is an overriding public interest against disclosure. In making such a determination, the public interest test under s.13 of the GIPA Act will be applied, which provides that there will only be an overriding public interest against disclosure where public interest considerations in favour of disclosure are, on balance, outweighed by those against disclosure.

An access application may be made for all government information held by the Network and information may be released in response to an access application unless:

• there is an overriding public interest against disclosure, or
• the information is excluded information of particular agencies as defined under Schedule 2 of the GIPA Act.

Although an access application may be made for government information held by the Network, information will not be released if there is an overriding public interest against disclosure.

The Network will continually review its program for releasing government information which will identify information held by this agency that should, in the public's interest, be made publicly available.