Freedom of Information
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(3) A person serving as a member of a committee shall hold office
for such period as the Commission may determine.
(4) Subject to any specific or general direction of the Commission,
a committee may regulate its own procedure.
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8. (1) If any person is present at a meeting of the Commission or
any committee at which any matter is the subject of consideration and
in which matter that person or that person’s spouse is directly or
indirectly interested in a private capacity, that person shall as soon as is
practicable after the commencement of the meeting, declare such
interest and shall not, unless the Commission or the committee
otherwise directs, take part in any consideration or discussion of, or
vote on any question touching such matter.
(2) A declaration of interest made under subsection (1) shall be
recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which it is made.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding ten
thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years or to both.
Declaration
of
interest
9. (1) A person shall not without the consent in writing given
by, or on behalf of, the Commission, publish or disclose to any person
otherwise than in the course of the person’s duties, the contents of any
document, communication, or information which relates to, and which
has come to the person’s knowledge in the course of the person’s
duties under this Act.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding
ten thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years or to both.
(3) If any person having information which to that person’s
knowledge has been published or disclosed in contravention of
subsection (1) unlawfully publishes or communicates any such
information to any other person, that person shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand
penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years
or to both.
Prohibition of
disclosure of
information
N.A.B 14, 2002