Privacy

Pursuant to the provisions of section 31 of the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act, 2003, the Board and officers of the Authority operate under a statutory duty of confidentiality. Accordingly, information obtained in the performance of the Authority’s functions and the exercise of its powers may only be disclosed in accordance with law.

Circumstances under which information obtained by the Authority, which has not otherwise come to the notice of members of the public, may be disclosed include:

• If disclosure is necessary to enable the Authority to state the grounds upon which it made certain decisions; and
• If the information is connected with the functions of, and is disclosed to, certain other State or other authorities.