Acts and Regulations

2019, c.40 - Aquaculture Act

Section 13
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Use and disclosure of information
13(1)Despite the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, but subject to subsections (2) to (4), all information acquired by the Minister, the Registrar, the Chief Veterinary Officer or any other person in relation to any person or matter under this Act or the regulations is confidential to the extent that its release would tend to reveal personal information about a person identifiable from the release of the information.
13(2)For the purposes of administering this Act, an employee of the Department may disclose any information, including personal information, to any other employee of the Department or to an advisory committee established by the Minister under section 5.
13(3)An employee of the Department may, with the consent of the person to whom it relates, disclose any information, book, record or document obtained under this Act.
13(4)For the purposes of administering this Act or aquaculture legislation or assisting in the administration of similar legislation of another jurisdiction, an employee of the Department may disclose any information, including personal information, to any of the following persons:
(a) a law enforcement agency, a government, a governmental authority or a regulatory authority of another jurisdiction;
(b) a person with whom the Department has entered into an arrangement or agreement that relates to or includes the sharing of information; or
(c) a person or body prescribed by regulation.
Use and disclosure of information
13(1)Despite the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, but subject to subsections (2) to (4), all information acquired by the Minister, the Registrar, the Chief Veterinary Officer or any other person in relation to any person or matter under this Act or the regulations is confidential to the extent that its release would tend to reveal personal information about a person identifiable from the release of the information.
13(2)For the purposes of administering this Act, an employee of the Department may disclose any information, including personal information, to any other employee of the Department or to an advisory committee established by the Minister under section 5.
13(3)An employee of the Department may, with the consent of the person to whom it relates, disclose any information, book, record or document obtained under this Act.
13(4)For the purposes of administering this Act or aquaculture legislation or assisting in the administration of similar legislation of another jurisdiction, an employee of the Department may disclose any information, including personal information, to any of the following persons:
(a) a law enforcement agency, a government, a governmental authority or a regulatory authority of another jurisdiction;
(b) a person with whom the Department has entered into an arrangement or agreement that relates to or includes the sharing of information; or
(c) a person or body prescribed by regulation.