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Inquiries Act 2014
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117 Taking advantage of information
(1) This section applies to a person to whom information is given by a Formal Review or a Formal Review officer during the course of the Formal Review's inquiry.
(2) The person to whom the information is given must not take advantage of the information to benefit the person or any other person.
(3) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (2) if the information is in the public domain at the time the person takes advantage of it, otherwise than as a result of a disclosure that the person knows or ought to have known was unlawful.
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