Regulation 26

must be made in writing by the person who filed or provided the document, not later than 2 working days after the filing or provision of the 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 and, where the request relates to part of a document, the reasons specific to each part of the document.

information the disclosure of which would, in the Minister’s opinion, be prejudicial to —

Singapore’s national security;

the prevention or detection of serious crime;

the economic wellbeing of Singapore; or

the continued discharge of the functions of any of the intelligence services of Singapore;

information the disclosure of which would, in the Minister’s opinion, be contrary to the public interest;

information relating to the private affairs of an individual the disclosure of which, in the Minister’s opinion, would or may significantly harm the interests of the individual; or

commercial information the disclosure of which, in the Minister’s opinion, would or may significantly harm the legitimate business interests of the undertaking to which it relates.

in the case where the grant of confidential treatment is subject to changes to the summary or redacting of material in any non‑confidential version of that document filed under paragraph (2) —

the party making the request for the confidential treatment must, not later than 5 working days after the Minister’s decision —

accordingly revise the non‑confidential version of that document filed; and

file the revised non‑confidential version with the Minister; and

the Appeals Secretary must, not later than 7 working days after the revised non‑confidential version is filed under sub‑paragraph (a)(i)(B), forward a copy of that revised non‑confidential version to the other party to the appeal proceedings, notifying the other party that it has been summarised or redacted; or

in any other case — the Appeals Secretary must, not later than 7 working days after the Minister’s decision, forward a copy of the non‑confidential version filed under paragraph (2) (if any) to the other party to the appeal proceedings, notifying the other party that it has been summarised or redacted.

the Minister; or

if the Minister considers necessary, any Appeals Advisory Committee appointed by the Minister under section 27(1) of the Act in relation to the appeal.