Heritage Fund Act, 2001

Prohibition of unauthorised disclosure of information.

12.—(1) A person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing duties as a member of the Council (other than to a body or institution referred to in section 9 of which he or she is Director, Artistic Director, Chief Executive or Director and Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be) unless he or she is duly authorised by the Council to do so.

(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 Council 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.