Irish Horseracing Industry 1994
Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of information.
17.—(1) A person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him while performing duties as—
(a) a member of the Authority or a member of the staff of the Authority or an adviser or consultant to the Authority, or
(b) a director or a member of the staff of, or an adviser or consultant to a subsidiary of the Authority, or
(c) a member of a committee established under this Act,
unless he is duly authorised by the Authority or the subsidiary, as the case may be, or by a member of the staff of the Authority or the subsidiary, as the case may be, duly authorised in that behalf, to do so.
(2) In this section “confidential” means that which is expressed by the company or the subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description.
Annotations:
Modifications (not altering text):
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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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No. 18 of 1994 |
Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994 |
Section 17. |
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provision: certain functions under section excluded from obligation to refuse an FOI request (21.4.1998) by Freedom of Information Act 1997 (13/1997), s. 32 and sch. 3 part 1, commenced as per s. 1(2); repealed (14.10.2014) by Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014), s. 5 and sch. 4, commenced as per s. 1(2).