Acts and Regulations

O-0.2 - Occupational Health and Safety Act

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Confidential information
40Except for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Act and the regulations or as required by law or under the authority of the Commission
(a) an officer or a technical expert or any other person who at the request of an officer makes an examination, inquiry or a test shall not publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information, material, statement, report or result of any examination, test or inquiry acquired, furnished, obtained, made or received under the powers conferred under this Act or the regulations;
(b) no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any secret manufacturing process or trade secret acquired, furnished, obtained or received under the provisions of this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information acquired, furnished, obtained or received by or from an agency, board or commission for the purposes of, or in relation to, a determination by the agency, board or commission as to whether information in respect of a hazardous product is confidential business information;
(b.2) no person shall allow any person to inspect or have access to any book, record, writing or other document containing information acquired, furnished, obtained or received by or from an agency, board or commission for the purposes of, or in relation to, a determination by the agency, board or commission as to whether information in respect of a hazardous product is confidential business information;
(b.3) no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information acquired, furnished, obtained or received under section 40.1;
(c) no person to whom information is communicated under this Act or the regulations shall divulge the name of the informant to any person; and
(d) no person shall disclose any information obtained in any medical examination, test or x-ray of an employee made or taken under this Act except in a form calculated to prevent the information from being identified with a particular person or case.
1988, c.30, s.1; 1994, c.70, s.5; 2015, c.28, s.1
Confidential information
40Except for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Act and the regulations or as required by law or under the authority of the Commission
(a) an officer or a technical expert or any other person who at the request of an officer makes an examination, inquiry or a test shall not publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information, material, statement, report or result of any examination, test or inquiry acquired, furnished, obtained, made or received under the powers conferred under this Act or the regulations;
(b) no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any secret manufacturing process or trade secret acquired, furnished, obtained or received under the provisions of this Act or the regulations;
(b.1) no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information acquired, furnished, obtained or received by or from an agency, board or commission for the purposes of, or in relation to, a determination by the agency, board or commission as to whether information in respect of a controlled product is confidential business information;
(b.2) no person shall allow any person to inspect or have access to any book, record, writing or other document containing information acquired, furnished, obtained or received by or from an agency, board or commission for the purposes of, or in relation to, a determination by the agency, board or commission as to whether information in respect of a controlled product is confidential business information;
(b.3) no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information acquired, furnished, obtained or received under section 40.1;
(c) no person to whom information is communicated under this Act or the regulations shall divulge the name of the informant to any person; and
(d) no person shall disclose any information obtained in any medical examination, test or x-ray of an employee made or taken under this Act except in a form calculated to prevent the information from being identified with a particular person or case.
1988, c.30, s.1; 1994, c.70, s.5