Railway Safety Act 2005
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Disclosure of confidential information. |
21.—(1) Save as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing duties as a commissioner, member of staff or an adviser or consultant to the Commission, unless he or she is duly authorised by the Commission to do so. | |
(2) In this section, “duly authorised” means authorised by the Commission or by some person authorised in that behalf by the Commission for the purposes of this section. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to both. | ||
(4) (a) In this section, “confidential information” means that which is expressed by the Commission to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description. | ||
(b) In expressing information to be confidential, the Commission shall have regard to the requirement to protect information of a confidential commercial nature. | ||
(5) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the disclosure of information in a report made by or on behalf of the Commission to the Minister. | ||
(6) 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 “Railway Safety Act 2005”, and | ||
(b) in column (3) of “ Section 21 (1)”. |