Hong Kong Regulations

PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND MESOTHELIOMA (COMPENSATION) (ASSESSMENT OF LEVY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 15

Protection of information given under regulation 14

(Past version on 01/01/2008).
(Past version on 01/06/2004).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall disclose otherwise than to the
Board, or to an employee of the Board in his official capacity, any
information provided or obtained under regulation 14

(including information provided or obtained from documents or records) without
the consent of the person who provided it or from whom it was obtained.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply-

   (a)  in the case of construction operations- (3 of 2004 s. 35)

        (i)    to the provision of information under section 59 or 60 of the
               Construction Industry Council Ordinance ( Cap 587); (12 of 2006
               s. 84)

(ia) to the provision of information under section 31(1) of the
Construction Workers Registration Ordinance ( Cap 583); (12 of 2006 s. 84)

        (ii)   to the disclosure of information in the form of a summary of
               similar information provided by or obtained from a number of
               construction 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; (3 of 2004 s. 35)

        (iii)  to the disclosure of information by the Board to any person
               authorized or employed by it for the purpose of checking or
               ascertaining the value of construction operations; (L.N. 32 of
               1983; 3 of 2004 s. 35; 12 of 2006 s. 84)

        (iv)   to the disclosure of information by the Board to the
               Construction Industry Council established under the
               Construction Industry  Council Ordinance ( Cap 587); (L.N. 32
               of 1983; 12 of 2006 s. 84)

        (v)    to the disclosure of information by the Board to the
               Construction Workers Registration Authority established under
               the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance ( Cap 583); or
               (12 of 2006 s. 84)

        (vi)   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); (12 of 2006 s.
               84)

   (b)  in the case of qualify industry, to the disclosure of information in
        the form of a summary of similar information provided by or obtained
        from a number of quarry operators if the, summary is so framed as not
        to enable particulars relating to any particular quarry operator's
        business to be ascertained from it;

   (c)  to any disclosure of information made for the purpose of any legal
        proceedings brought under the Ordinance or these regulations, or for
        the purposes of any report of any such proceedings.

(3) Any person who intentionally discloses any information in contravention of
this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2000.