Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002

Prohibition of unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.

20.—(1) A person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing functions as—

(a) a member or member of the staff of, or an adviser or consultant to, the Office, or

(b) a member of a committee established under section 21 ,

unless he or she is duly authorised by the Office to so do.

(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 Office 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 or tenders submitted to the Office by contractors, consultants or any other person.