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Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

Miscellaneous provisions relating to access to official information

44: Savings

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"This law doesn't change other rules about sharing official information."

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If you look at parts 1 to 5 of this law, you will see that they do not let people share official information if it would be against the rules of a court or the House of Representatives. You need to remember that parts 1 to 5 of this law do not change other laws that say when official information can be shared. They also do not change laws that stop official information from being shared or say how it can be shared, as outlined in the Parts 1 to 5 and the Regulations Act 1936.

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Part 6Miscellaneous provisions relating to access to official information

44Savings

  1. Nothing in Parts 1 to 5 authorises or permits the making available of any official information if the making available of that information would constitute contempt of court or of the House of Representatives.

  2. Nothing in Parts 1 to 5 derogates from—

  3. any provision which is contained in any other enactment and which authorises or requires official information to be made available; or
    1. any provision which is contained in any other Act of Parliament or in any regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act 1936 (made by Order in Council and in force immediately before 1 March 1988) and which—
      1. imposes a prohibition or restriction in relation to the availability of official information; or
        1. regulates the manner in which official information may be obtained or made available.

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