Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice—
Information is also exempt information if it is confidential information obtained from a State other than the United Kingdom or from an international organisation or international court.
For the purposes of this section, any information obtained from a State, organisation or court is confidential at any time while the terms on which it was obtained require it to be held in confidence or while the circumstances in which it was obtained make it reasonable for the State, organisation or court to expect that it will be so held.
The duty to confirm or deny does not arise if, or to the extent that, compliance with section 1(1)(a)—
In this section—
"international court" means any international court which is not an international organisation and which is established—
(a)by a resolution of an international organisation of which the United Kingdom is a member, or
(b)by an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party;
"international organisation" means any international organisation whose members include any two or more States, or any organ of such an organisation;
"State" includes the government of any State and any organ of its government, and references to a State other than the United Kingdom include references to any territory outside the United Kingdom.