Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
Regulation 27
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 —
must be made in writing by the person who submitted the document or provided such a document, no later than 2 working days after the submission or provision of 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 and, where the request relates to part of a document, the reasons specific to each part thereof.
Subregulation 2
The person making the request for the confidential treatment of a document or part of a document filed or provided in connection with any appeal proceedings, must also file with the Minister, if the person 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 any party to those appeal proceedings.
Subregulation 3
No request for confidential treatment will be considered by the Minister if the request does not comply with paragraphs (1) and (2).
Subregulation 4
The Minister may grant confidential treatment in relation to any document or part thereof, on any terms and conditions that the Minister considers fit (including changes to the summary or redacting of material in any non‑confidential version filed under paragraph (2)), if the Minister is satisfied that the document or part thereof contains ––
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.
Subregulation 5
When the Minister grants confidential treatment in relation to any document or part thereof under this regulation in connection with any appeal proceedings, the party making the request for the confidential treatment must, no later than 5 working 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 revise the non‑confidential version of that document filed; (ii)file the revised non‑confidential version with the Minister; and (iii)send to the other party to the appeal 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 appeal proceedings the non‑confidential version filed under paragraph (2) (if any), notifying the other party that it has been redacted or summarised.
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 notice of appeal and deciding on the appeal, but may rely on the non‑confidential version filed (if any) under paragraph (2) or (5)(a), as the case may be.