Jonathan Brewer
Email:
[FYI request #19294 email]
DC-42-2022
Dear Mr Brewer,
I refer to the email of 31 May 2022 my office received from the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment, transferring your request for the following information
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please release a copy of the cabinet paper "Allocation of 3.5 GHz spectrum to
support the rollout of 5G and the advancement of rural connectivity".
Please find the document entitled
Allocation of 3.5 GHz spectrum to support the
rollout of 5G and the advancement of rural connectivity attached. Please note that
some information from within this document has been withheld under the following
sections of the Act:
9(2)(b)(ii)
to protect information where the making available of the
information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the
commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information;
9(2)(f)(iv)
to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being
which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers
of the Crown and Officials;
9(2)(g)(i)
to protect the free and frank expression of opinion; and
9(2)(j)
to protect negotiations carried out by the Crown.
I am satisfied that, in the circumstances, the withholding of this information is not
outweighed by other considerations that render it desirable to make the information
available in the public interest.
I trust you find this information useful. However, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman of my decision to withhold information
relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found at
: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Yours sincerely,
Hon Dr David Clark
Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications