176AExceptions—court-ordered disclosure in criminal proceedings or disclosure with consent

176A Exceptions—court-ordered disclosure in criminal proceedings or disclosure with consent (1) Nothing in section 176(3) or (4) prevents a person to whom section 176 applies disclosing or communicating information or producing in a court any document containing information to which that section applies if the disclosure, communication or production is required by an order of a court for the purposes of a criminal proceeding. (2) Nothing in section 176(3) or (4) prevents a person to whom section 176 applies disclosing or communicating information or producing in a court any document containing information to which that section applies if the person to whose affairs the information relates consents to the disclosure, communication or production. (3) A person to whom section 176 applies does not commit an offence against section 176(3) if he or she discloses or communicates or produces information in the circumstances set out in subsection (1) or (2). (4) In subsection (2), ***court*** has the same meaning as in section 176(5). S. 176B inserted by No. 20/2022 s. 8.