Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013

28.

Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act

28. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) A person shall not, without the consent of the Minister, disclose any information obtained by him or her while performing (or as a result of having performed) duties as a member of the Pensions Council.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by inserting “or (1A)” after “subsection (1)”, and

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) Nothing in subsection (1A) shall prevent the disclosure of information in a report made to the Pensions Council or by or on behalf of the Pensions Council to the Minister.”.