Charter Schools Policy Development

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Deletions have been made under the following sections of the Official Information Act 1982:

• Section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• Section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain constitutional conventions which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials.
• Section 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions.
• Section 9(2)(h) to maintain legal professional privilege.
• Section 9(2)(j) to enable a Minister of the Crown or any Department holding the information to carry out negotiations without prejudice or disadvantage.
• Section 9(2)(i) to enable a Minister of the Crown or any Department holding the information to carry out commercial activities without prejudice or disadvantage.
• Section 9(2)(b)(ii) to protect information where making the information available would unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or is the subject of that information.

In preparing this information release, the Ministry of Education has considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Official Information Act.