66Secrecy

66 Secrecy S. 66(1) amended by No. 76/1998 (1) The Secretary with the approval of the Minister may declare information about flora or fauna to be confidential if the Secretary is of the opinion that the disclosure of that information is likely to result in an unreasonable level of harm being done to the flora or fauna or its critical habitat. (2) If in the course of performing duties under this Act a person gets information which has been declared to be confidential that person must not disclose or make use of that information except to the extent necessary to perform that person's duties or for the purpose of legal proceedings. Penalty: 60 penalty units. S. 67 amended by No. 76/1998 s. 9(l)(i)(ii).