Amendment of Second Schedule (the Data Protection Commissioner) to Principal Act.
20.—The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 9:
“10. (1) A person who holds or held the office of Commissioner or who is or was a member of the staff of the Commissioner shall not disclose to a person other than the Commissioner or such a member any information that is obtained by him or her in his capacity as Commissioner or as such a member that could reasonably be regarded as confidential without the consent of the person to whom it relates.
(2) A person who contravenes subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence.”.
