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Section 33 - Commercial interests and the economy
Legislation
33 Commercial interests and the economy
- (1) Information is exempt information if—
- (a) it constitutes a trade secret; or
- (b) its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice substantially the commercial interests of any person (including, without prejudice to that generality, a Scottish public authority).
- (2) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice substantially—
- (a) the economic interests of the whole or part of the United Kingdom; or
- (b) the financial interests of an administration in the United Kingdom.
- (3) In subsection (2), “administration in the United Kingdom” has the same meaning as in section 28(2).