Gas Act 1976
Disclosure of information.
20. — (1) A person shall not, without the consent of the Board, disclose any information obtained by him while performing duties as a member, officer or servant of, or an adviser or consultant to, the Board.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F59[€600].
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall prevent—
(a) disclosure of information in a report made to the Board or (on behalf of the Board) to F60[the majority-shareholding Minister],
(b) disclosure of information by the Board for the purpose of a scheme of research or development.
(4) A member of the Board shall not be prevented from disclosing information for the purpose of a scheme of research or development.
Annotations:
Amendments:
F59
Substituted (10.04.2002) by Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 (10/2002), s. 23(1)(b), commenced on enactment.
F60
Substituted (23.11.2015) by Gas Regulation Act 2013 (39/2013), s. 32(j), S.I. No. 520 of 2015.
Modifications (not altering text):
C19
Person holding record under section excluded from requirement to refuse an FOI request (14.10.2014) by Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014), s. 41(1)(a) and sch. 3 part 1, commenced on enactment.
Enactments relating to non-disclosure of records.
41.—(1) A head shall refuse to grant an FOI request if—
(a) the disclosure of the record concerned is prohibited by law of the European Union or any enactment (other than a provision specified in column (3) of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 3 of an enactment specified in that Schedule), or
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SCHEDULE 3
Enactments Excluded from Application of Section 41
PART I
Statutes
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Editorial Notes:
E58
Previous affecting provision: application of section extended (1.12.2011) by European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas and Electricity) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 630 of 2011), reg. 38(2)(a)(ii), in effect as per regs. 1(2), 12; revoked (19.01.2015) by European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas and Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 16 of 2015), reg. 29(1)(d). Note: notice in accordance with European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas and Electricity) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 630 of 2011), reg. 12 appears not to have been published.
E59
Previous affecting provision: person holding record under section excluded from obligation to refuse an FOI request (21.04.1998) by Freedom of Information Act 1997 (13/1997), s. 32 and sch. 3 part 1, commenced as per s. 1(2); repealed (14.10.2014) by Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014), s. 5 and sch. 4, commenced as per s. 1(2).