Comhairle Act, 2000
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Disclosure of information.
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18.—(1) Save as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not, without the consent of the Board, disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as a member of the Board, a member of staff of the Board, (including the Chief Executive), a member of a committee or a consultant or adviser to the Board.
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(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not execeeding £1,500.
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(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prohibit the disclosure of information by means of a report made—
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(a) to the Board, or
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(b) by or on behalf of the Board to the Minister.
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(4) In this section “confidential information” includes information that is expressed by the Board or a committee of the Board, as the case may be, to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description.
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