102Confidentiality

102 Confidentiality

(1) A person who is or was the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser or a PIA officer must not, other than in accordance with this section or section 103, disclose—

(a) any information received in the course of performing functions under this Act; or

(b) the content of—

(i) any advice given to a Member, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary or former Member, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary; or

(ii) any record kept under section 101.

(2) A person who is or was the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser or a PIA officer—

(a) may disclose information referred to in subsection (1)(a) with the consent of the person who provided the information; and

(b) may disclose the content of any advice or record referred to in subsection (1)(b) with the consent of the person to whom the advice was given.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1), a person who is or was the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser or a PIA officer must not comply with any order of a House for the production of records that relate to advice given to a Member, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary or former Member, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary unless—

(a) the advice was requested by a person who is a Member or former Member of the House that made the order; and

(b) the person referred to in paragraph (a) has expressly consented to the records being produced in response to the order.