Chemicals Act 2008
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Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of information. |
28.— (1) A person shall not, save as otherwise provided for by law, disclose information obtained by him or her while performing functions as— | |
(a) a member or member of staff of a national authority, | ||
(b) an inspector, | ||
(c) a person (other than a member of staff of a national authority) appointed to carry out an investigation under section 18 , | ||
(d) a consultant or adviser to a national authority or a person employed by him or her, | ||
unless he or she is duly authorised to so do by the national authority concerned. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) shall not prevent the disclosure of information where that disclosure is— | ||
(a) for the purpose of the discharge of functions under the relevant chemicals statutory provisions, | ||
(b) made with the consent of the person to whom the information applies, or | ||
(c) for the purposes of— | ||
(i) any legal proceedings (including by means of a report to a coroner holding an inquest under the Coroners Acts 1962 and 2005 on the body of a person whose death may have been caused through personal injury), or | ||
(ii) any investigation or special report under section 18 . |