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10 ::(i) for employment or for appointment to office;
 * (ii) for promotion in employment or office or for continuance in employment or office;
 * (iii) for removal from employment or office;
 * (iv) for admission to an education institution;
 * (v) for the awarding of contracts, awards, bursaries, scholarships, honours or other similar benefits;
 * (vi) for selection for an athletic or artistic purpose; or
 * (vii) for grant of financial or social assistance, or the delivery of appropriate health services, under any scheme administered by a public agency;
 * (b) for the purpose of determining whether any contract, award, bursary, scholarship, honour or other similar benefit should be continued, modified or cancelled;
 * (c) for the purpose of deciding whether to insure any individual or property or to continue or renew the insurance of any individual or property; or
 * (d) for such other similar purposes as may be prescribed by the Minister;

“individual” means a natural person, whether living or deceased;

“investigation” means an investigation relating to—
 * (a) a breach of an agreement;
 * (b) a contravention of any written law, or any rule of professional conduct or other requirement imposed by any regulatory authority in exercise of its powers under any written law; or
 * (c) a circumstance or conduct that may result in a remedy or relief being available under any law;

“national interest” includes national defence, national security, public security, the maintenance of essential services and the conduct of international affairs;