COMMISSIONER FOR COMPLAINTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12 Provision for secrecy of information.

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COMMISSIONER FOR COMPLAINTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12

Provision for secrecy of information.

12.(1) It is hereby declared that the Commissioner and his officers hold
office under Her Majesty within the meaning of the Official Secrets Act 1911.

(2) Information obtained by the Commissioner or his officers in the course of,
or for the purposes of, an investigation under this Act shall not be disclosed
except for the purposes of

(a)the investigation and of any report to be made thereon under this Act;

(b)any proceedings for an offence under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939
alleged to have been committed in respect of information obtained by
the Commissioner or any of his officers by virtue of this Act;

(c)any proceedings for an offence of perjury alleged to have been committed in
the course of an investigation under this Act;

(d)an inquiry with a view to the taking of proceedings of the kind mentioned
in paragraphs (b) and (c); or

(e)any proceedings under section 7 or under section 10;

(3) A Minister may give notice in writing to the Commissioner, with respect to
any document or information specified in the notice, or any class of documents
or information so specified, that in the opinion of the Minister the
disclosure of that document or information, or of documents or information of
that class would be prejudicial to the safety of Northern Ireland or the
United Kingdom or otherwise contrary to the public interest; and where such a
notice is given nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorising or
requiring the Commissioner or any officer of the Commissioner to communicate
to any person or for any purpose any document or information specified in the
notice, or any document or information of a class so specified.

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COMMISSIONER FOR COMPLAINTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12