Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003
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Disclosure of information. |
73.—(1) Save as otherwise provided by law and subject to subsection (3), a person shall not, other than with the consent of the Board, disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing (or as a result of having performed) functions as— | |
(a) a member of the Board, | ||
(b) a member of the staff of the Board, | ||
(c) a member of a committee of the Board, | ||
(d) an adviser or consultant to the Board engaged under section 80 . | ||
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence. | ||
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prohibit the disclosure of information by means of a report made to the Board or made by, or on behalf of, the Board to the Minister. | ||
(4) In this section “confidential information” includes— | ||
(a) information that is expressed by the Board or a committee of the Board, as the case may be, to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description, | ||
(b) proposals of a commercial nature or tenders submitted to the Board by contractors, consultants or any other person, | ||
(c) information the disclosure of which would— | ||
(i) identify a claimant or a respondent, or | ||
(ii) make known the amount of an assessment that has been made in respect of a particular relevant claim, | ||
(d) information obtained under section 28 . | ||
(5) A member of the Board or of a committee of the Board, if convicted of an offence under subsection (2) shall, on such conviction, cease to be and be disqualified from being such a member. |