Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015

Prohibition on disclosure of confidential information

47. (1) A person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing functions as a member of, or as an adviser or consultant to, the Forum or as a member of staff of such an adviser or consultant, unless he or she is authorised to do so by the Forum.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class C fine.

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the disclosure of information—

(a) in a report made to the Forum,

(b) by or on behalf of the Forum to the Minister or the Council,

(c) by a member of the Forum to the Minister or the Council, or

(d) by a person in the circumstances referred to in section 35 (2) of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 .

(4) In this section “confidential information” includes:

(a) information that is expressed by the Forum to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description; and

(b) proposals of a commercial nature or tenders submitted to the Council by contractors, consultants or any other person.