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Disclosure of Information
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(1)
The Minister may, by registered mail, send a written notice to any manufacturer, producer, distributor or importer of any product, substance or organism requesting the disclosure of information relating to its formula, composition or chemical ingredients and any similar information that the Minister considers necessary for the administration or enforcement of this Act.
(2)
A person who receives a notice shall disclose the requested information to the Minister within the time and in the manner specified in the notice.
24
(1)
The following information is privileged:
(a)
information disclosed under section 23 and information of a similar nature obtained by an inspector under section 15;
(b)
information in a record of a communication between any person and the Canadian Transport Emergency Centre of the Department of Transport relating to an actual or anticipated release of dangerous goods; and
(c)
information relating to security that is obtained under paragraph 15(2)(d).
(2)
Information is not privileged to the extent that it
(a)
relates only to the dangerous properties of a product, substance or organism without revealing its formula, composition or chemical ingredients; or
(b)
is required to be disclosed or communicated for the purposes of an emergency involving public safety.
(3)
Despite any other Act or law, no person shall be required, in connection with any legal proceedings, to produce any statement or other record containing privileged information or to give evidence relating to it unless the proceedings relate to the administration or enforcement of this Act.
(4)
No person shall knowingly communicate privileged information or allow it to be communicated to any person, or allow any other person to have access to the information, except
(a)
with the written consent of the person from whom the information was obtained under section 15 or who disclosed the information under section 23 or in a record of a communication referred to in paragraph (1)(b);
(b)
for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of this Act, in the case of information obtained under section 15 or disclosed under section 23; or
(c)
to an inspector for the purposes of emergency response analysis or training of inspectors, in the case of information obtained in a record of a communication referred to in paragraph (1)(b).