Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008
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Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of confidential information. |
38.— (1) Save as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not, without the consent of the Authority or a subsidiary, disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing duties as a member of the Authority or a director of a subsidiary, or as a member of the staff of, or when otherwise engaged by, the Authority or subsidiary, unless he or she is duly authorised by the Authority or subsidiary to do so. | |
(2) In this section “confidential information” includes information that is expressed by the Authority or subsidiary to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence. | ||
(4) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the disclosure of information in a report made to the Authority or subsidiary or by or on behalf of the Authority or subsidiary to the Minister. | ||
(5) The Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended by inserting at the end of Part 1: | ||
(a) in column (2), “Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008”, and | ||
(b) in column (3), “ Section 38 ”. |