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For the purposes of these Regulations, information is to be capable of being treated as confidential if, and only if, it is information the disclosure of which—

a

would affect international relations, national defence or public security;

b

would affect matters which are, or have been, an issue in any legal proceedings or in any enquiry (including any disciplinary enquiry), or are the subject-matter of any investigation undertaken with a view to any such proceedings or enquiry;

c

would affect the confidentiality of the deliberations of any relevant person;

d

would involve the supply of a document or other record which is still in the course of completion, or of any internal communication of a relevant person;

e

would affect the confidentiality of matters to which any commercial or industrial confidentiality attaches, including intellectual property.