Crown Entities Act 2004

Establishment and governance of Crown entities - Statutory entities - Individual duties of members

57: Duty not to disclose information

You could also call this:

"Keep work secrets secret unless the law says you can share them"

If you are a member of a statutory entity, you must not share information you get because of your role with anyone else. You also must not use this information or do anything with it, unless you are doing your job for the entity. You can share the information if the law says you have to or if you are allowed to by law.

You can also share the information if you follow the rules set out for disclosing your interests. If you want to share the information for another reason, you need to get permission from the board or the responsible Minister first.

They will only give you permission if sharing the information will not hurt the entity.

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Part 2Establishment and governance of Crown entities
Statutory entities: Individual duties of members

57Duty not to disclose information

  1. A member of a statutory entity who has information in his or her capacity as a member that would not otherwise be available to him or her must not disclose that information to any person, or make use of, or act on, that information, except—

  2. in the performance of the entity's functions; or
    1. as required or permitted by law; or
      1. in accordance with subsection (2); or
        1. in complying with the requirements for members to disclose interests.
          1. A member may disclose, make use of, or act on the information if—

          2. the member is first authorised to do so by the board or, in the case of a corporation sole, by the responsible Minister; and
            1. the disclosure, use, or act in question will not, or will be unlikely to, prejudice the entity.