Family Support Agency Act, 2001
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Disclosure of information. |
21.—(1) Save as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not, without the consent of the Agency, disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as a member of the Agency, a member of staff of the Agency, (including the chief executive), a member of a committee established under section 13 or a consultant or adviser to the Agency. | |
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 (£2,362.69). | ||
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prohibit the disclosure of information by means of a report made— | ||
(a) to the Agency, or | ||
(b) by or on behalf of the Agency to the Minister. | ||
(4) In this section “confidential information” includes information that is expressed by the Agency to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description. | ||
(5) The Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 , is amended by the insertion in Part I at the end thereof: | ||
(a) in column (2) of “Family Support Agency Act, 2001”, and | ||
(b) in column (3) of “ Section 21 ”. |