Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002
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Prohibition of unauthorised disclosure of confidential information. |
20.—(1) A person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing functions as— | |
(a) a member or member of the staff of, or an adviser or consultant to, the Office, or | ||
(b) a member of a committee established under section 21 , | ||
unless he or she is duly authorised by the Office to so do. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(3) In this section “confidential information” includes— | ||
(a) information that is expressed by the Office to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description, and | ||
(b) proposals of a commercial nature or tenders submitted to the Office by contractors, consultants or any other person. |