24. (1) A person shall not, unless authorised by the Office or required by law, disclose any confidential information obtained by him or her while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as any of the following:

(a) the chief executive;

(b) a member of staff of the Office;

(c) a member of the Board;

(d) a member of a committee of the Board appointed under section 26;

(e) a consultant or an adviser engaged by the Board under section 14 or a member of staff of such consultant or adviser;

(f) any other person engaged under a contract for services by the Office or a member of staff of such person.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a class C fine.

(3) In this section, “confidential information” includes information that is expressed by the Office to be confidential either as regards particular information or information of a particular class or description.