Singapore legislation
Schedule 5
Schedule 5
Exceptions from access requirement
FIFTH SCHEDULESection 21(2)Exceptions from access requirement
1. An organisation is not required to provide information under section 21(1) in respect of —
opinion data kept solely for an evaluative purpose;
any examination conducted by an education institution, examination scripts and, prior to the release of examination results, examination results;
the personal data of the beneficiaries of a private trust kept solely for the purpose of administering the trust;
personal data kept by an arbitral institution or a mediation centre solely for the purposes of arbitration or mediation proceedings administered by the arbitral institution or mediation centre;
a document related to a prosecution if all proceedings related to the prosecution have not been completed;
personal data which is subject to legal privilege;
personal data which, if disclosed, would reveal confidential commercial information that could, in the opinion of a reasonable person, harm the competitive position of the organisation;
personal data collected, used or disclosed without consent, under paragraph 3 of Part 3 of the First Schedule, for the purposes of an investigation if the investigation and associated proceedings and appeals have not been completed;
personal data collected or created by a mediator or arbitrator in the conduct of a mediation or arbitration for which he or she was appointed to act —
under a collective agreement under the Industrial Relations Act 1960 or by agreement between the parties to the mediation or arbitration;
under any written law; or
by a court, arbitral institution or mediation centre; or
any request —
that would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the organisation because of the repetitious or systematic nature of the requests;
if the burden or expense of providing access would be unreasonable to the organisation or disproportionate to the individual’s interests;
for information that does not exist or cannot be found;
for information that is trivial; or
that is otherwise frivolous or vexatious.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(j)(i), the organisation may have regard to the number and frequency of requests received.[40/2020]