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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-openness-of-local-government-bodies-regulations-2014/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111113554",
  "legislation_title": "The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-openness-of-local-government-bodies-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Confidential and exempt information",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Part is to be taken to authorise or require the disclosure of confidential information in breach of the obligation of confidence.\n(2) Nothing in this Part—\n(a) authorises or requires a relevant local government body to disclose to the public or make available for public inspection any document or part of a document if, in the opinion of the proper officer, that document or part of a document contains or may contain confidential information; or\n(b) requires a relevant local government body to disclose to the public or make available for public inspection any document or part of a document if, in the opinion of the proper officer, that document or part of a document contains or is likely to contain exempt information.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111113554/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:13:20.498879+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}