Singapore legislation
Regulation 25
of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Appeals to Minister) Rules 2009
Regulation 25
Requests for confidential treatment
Subregulation 1
A request for the confidential treatment of a document or part of a document filed or provided in connection with any appeal proceedings before the Minister —
must be made in writing by the party who submitted the document or provided such a document when submitting or providing such a document;
must, where the request relates to part of a document, state the relevant words, figures or passages for which confidentiality is claimed; and
must contain the reasons for the request for withholding the document from the other party to the appeals proceedings and, where the request relates to part of a document, the reasons specific to each part thereof.
Subregulation 2
The party making the request for the confidential treatment of a document or part of a document must also file with the Minister, if the party considers it possible to summarise or redact the material in the document, a non-confidential version of the document in a form which can be served on the other party.
Subregulation 3
No request for confidential treatment will be considered if the request does not comply with paragraph (1), unless the Minister considers that the circumstances are exceptional.
Subregulation 4
The Minister may grant confidential treatment in relation to any document or part thereof, on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit (including changes to the summary or redacting of material in any non-confidential version filed under paragraph (2)), if he is satisfied that the document or part thereof contains ––
information the disclosure of which would, in his opinion, be contrary to the public interest;
commercial information the disclosure of which, in his opinion, would or may significantly harm the legitimate business interests of the undertaking to which it relates; or
information relating to the private affairs of an individual the disclosure of which, in his opinion, would or may significantly harm the interests of that individual.
Subregulation 5
In the event of a dispute as to whether confidential treatment should be granted, the Minister must decide the matter after hearing the parties, taking into account the matters referred to in paragraph (4).
Subregulation 6
The Minister must not rely on any document or part thereof to which confidential treatment has been granted, for the purposes of considering the appeal and making a determination for resolving it, but may rely on the non-confidential version filed (if any) under paragraph (2) or (7)(a), as the case may be.
Subregulation 7
When the Minister grants confidential treatment in relation to any document or part thereof under this rule in connection with any appeals proceedings, the party making the request for the confidential treatment must, no later than 5 days after the Minister’s decision —
in the case where the grant is subject to changes to the summary or redacting of material in any non-confidential version of that document filed under paragraph (2), accordingly change the non-confidential version of that document filed and file the revised non-confidential version with the Minister, and send to the other party to the appeals proceedings the revised non-confidential version, notifying the other party that it has been redacted or summarised; or
in any other case, send to the other party to the appeals proceedings the non-confidential version filed under paragraph (2) (if any), notifying the other party that it has been redacted or summarised.