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Section 43 — Freedom of Information Act 2000: Commercial interests.
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Commercial interests. 43 1 Information is exempt information if it constitutes a trade secret.
2 Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the public authority holding it).
3 The duty to confirm or deny does not arise if, or to the extent that, compliance with section 1(1)(a) would, or would be likely to, prejudice the interests mentioned in subsection (2).
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