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Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.
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40.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not, unless he or she is duly authorised by the Board, disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while carrying out or as a result of carrying out duties—
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(a) as a member of the Board, or
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(b) as a consultant or adviser to the Board or an employee of such person.
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(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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(3) Nothing in subsection (1) prohibits the disclosure of information by means of a report made—
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(a) to the Board, or
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(b) by or on behalf of the Board to the Minister.
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(4) In this section “confidential information” includes—
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(a) information that is expressed by the Board to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description, and
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(b) proposals of a commercial nature.
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