Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 61

Protection of information given under sections 59 and 60

(Past version on 01/01/2008).

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not disclose other than to the
Council, or to an employee of the Council acting in his official capacity, any
information given or obtained under section 59 or any information obtained
from any document or record under section 60 without the consent of the person
who gave it or from whom it was obtained.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply—

   (a)  to the provision of information under regulation 14 of the
        Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) (Assessment of Levy) 
        Regulations ( Cap 360 sub. leg. A); (Amended 6 of 2008 s. 51)

   (b)  to the provision of information under section 31(1) of the
        Construction Workers Registration Ordinance ( Cap 583);

   (c)  to the disclosure of information in the form of a summary of similar
        information given by or obtained from a number of employers,
        contractors or authorized persons if the summary is so framed as not
        to enable particulars relating to any particular contractor’s
        business to be ascertained from it;

   (d)  to the disclosure of information by the Council to any person
        authorized or employed by it for the purposes of checking or
        ascertaining the value of construction operations;

   (e)  to the disclosure of information by the Council to the Pneumoconiosis
        Compensation Fund Board established under the
        Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance ( Cap 360);
        (Amended 6 of 2008 s. 51)

   (f)  to the disclosure of information by the Council to the Construction
        Workers Registration Authority established under the
        Construction Workers Registration Ordinance ( Cap 583);

   (g)  to any disclosure of information made for the purposes of any legal
        proceedings brought under this Ordinance, or for the purposes of any
        report of any such proceedings; or

   (h)  to the supply of a copy of personal data in compliance with a data
        access request under section 18 of the Personal Data (Privacy) 
        Ordinance ( Cap 486).

(3) A person who intentionally discloses any information in contravention of
subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at
level 1.