Section 47H — Freedom of Information Act 1982: Public interest conditional exemptions—research

A document is conditionally exempt if: (a) it contains information relating to research that is being, or is to be, undertaken by an officer of an agency specified in Schedule 4; and (b) disclosure of the information before the completion of the research would be likely unreasonably to expose the agency or officer to disadvantage. Note: Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest (see section 11A).