Secrecy and disclosure

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Professional Secrecy Act, any confidential information disclosed to the Authority or any member, officer or employee thereof, shall be secret and, when attributable to an identified or identifiable person, shall not be disclosed or produced other than with the consent of the person who has submitted that information:

Provided that the above is without prejudice to the provisions of article 25(4) of this Act:

Provided further that notwithstanding the above, the Authority may disclose such information to the Police for the purposes of any investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence or when requested to do so by a court of law in any criminal proceedings. The Authority may also disclose such information in any civil proceedings involving the Authority.