Comhairle Act 2000
Disclosure of information.
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.
(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.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prohibit the disclosure of information by means of a report made—
(a) to the Board, or
(b) by or on behalf of the Board to the Minister.
(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.
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. This section is listed in sch. 3 part 1.
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
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Part 1
Statutes
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provision: head holding record under section excluded from requirement to refuse an FOI request by Freedom of Information Act 1997 (13/1997), s. 32 and sch. 3, as amended (24.03.2006) by Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (5/2006), s. 46, commenced on enactment; repealed (14.10.2014) by Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014), s. 5 and sch. 4 part 1, commenced as per s. 1(2).