Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act, 2001
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Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of confidential information. |
30.—(1) Save as otherwise provided by law and subsection (4), a person shall not, without the consent of the Agency, disclose any confidential information obtained by him or her while performing (or as a result of having performed) duties as— | |
(a) a member of the Agency, | ||
(b) a member of the staff of the Agency (including the chief executive), | ||
(c) an adviser or consultant to the Agency or an employee of such person whilst performing duties relating to such advice or consultation, | ||
or obtained while in performance of a service contract. | ||
(2) In this section “confidential information” includes— | ||
(a) information that is expressed by the Agency or the Minister to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description, | ||
(b) commercial information in relation to contractors, consultants, providers of finance, or any other person, | ||
(c) proposals of a commercial nature or tenders submitted to the Agency by contractors, consultants, or any other person. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €2,000 (£1,575.13) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both. | ||
(4) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the disclosure of information in a report made to the Agency or by or on behalf of the Agency to the Minister. | ||
(5) The Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 , is amended by the insertion in Part I at the end thereof: | ||
(a) in column (2) of “Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act, 2001”, and | ||
(b) in column (3) of “ Section 30 ”. |