(1) A head shall refuse to grant a request under section 7 if the record concerned -
(a) has been, or is proposed to be, submitted to the Government for their consideration by a Minister of the Government or the Attorney General and was created for that purpose,
(aa) consists of a communication -
(i) between two or more members of the Government relating to a matter that is under consideration by the Government or is proposed to be submitted to the Government, or
(ii) between two or more such members who form, or form part of, a group of such members to which a matter has been referred by the Government for consideration by the group and the communication relates to that matter,
(b) is a record of the Government other than a record by which a decision of the Government is published to the general public by or on behalf of the Government, or
(c) contains information (including advice) for a member of the Government, the Attorney General, a Minister of State, the Secretary to the Go