Cabinet documents

(1) A document is an exempt document if it is, (a) a document that has been submitted to the Cabinet for its consideration or is proposed to be submitted; (b) an official record of the Cabinet; (c) a document that is a copy of, or of a part of, a document referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or (d) a document the disclosure of which would involve disclosure, of any deliberation or advice of the Cabinet, other than a document by which a decision of the Cabinet was officially published. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a certificate signed by the Secretary to the Cabinet or a person performing the duties of the Secretary, certifying that a document is one of a kind referred to in a paragraph of subsection (1), of this section, establishes conclusively that it is an exempt document of that kind. (3) Where a document is a document referred to in paragraph (1)(d) by reason only of matter contained in a particular part or particular parts of the document, a certificate under subsection (2) of this section in respect of the document shall identify that part or those parts of the document as containing the matter by reason of which the certificate is (4) A reference in this section to the Cabinet shall be read as including a reference to a committee of the Cabinet. 23