Summary Use and disclosure of information by the Board (sections 38 to 41)
23.Much of the information obtained by the Board in connection with one function may be used by it for another (section 38). However, section 39 places a general obligation on the Board, and anyone to whom the Board has passed personal information, not to disclose it unless one of the exemptions at section 39(4) applies. Failure to comply with this duty of confidentiality is a criminal offence.