Procedural orders and resolutions of the Senate of continuing effect

7 - Senate and Senate committees – claims of commercial confidentiality

The Senate and Senate committees shall not entertain any claim to withhold information from the Senate or a committee on the grounds that it is commercial-in-confidence, unless the claim is made by a minister and is accompanied by a statement setting out the basis for the claim, including a statement of any commercial harm that may result from the disclosure of the information.

(30 October 2003 J.2654)