National Shared Services Office Act 2017
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Confidential information | ||
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24. (1) A person shall not, unless authorised by the Office or required by law, disclose any confidential information obtained by him or her while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as any of the following: | ||
(a) the chief executive; | ||
(b) a member of staff of the Office; | ||
(c) a member of the Board; | ||
(d) a member of a committee of the Board appointed under section 26 ; | ||
(e) a consultant or an adviser engaged by the Board under section 14 or a member of staff of such consultant or adviser; | ||
(f) any other person engaged under a contract for services by the Office or a member of staff of such person. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a class C fine. | ||
(3) In this section, “confidential information” includes information that is expressed by the Office to be confidential either as regards particular information or information of a particular class or description. |