1964_INDUSTRIAL_TRAINING_(CONSTRUCTION_INDUSTRY)_ORDINANCE — Page 16

1981 Ed.]

Industrial Training (Construction Industry)

[CAP. 317

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such time and in such form as the Authority or such officer may specify, with such information relating to the con- struction works (including any amount paid or payable in respect of the construction works or any work connected therewith), or the name and address of the person for or by whom the construction works are being undertaken, as the Authority or such officer may require;

(b) on being so required by the Authority or such officer, produce or cause to be produced any documents or records in his possession relating to the construction works (including any amount paid or payable in respect of the construction works) for inspection by the Authority or such officer and permit the Authority or such officer to take copies or make extracts from them or to remove them for a reasonable period.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall disclose other- wise than to the Authority, or to an employee of the Authority in his official capacity, any information provided or obtained under sub- section (1) (including information obtained from documents or records) without the consent of the person who provided it or from whom it was obtained.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply-

(a) to the disclosure of information in the form of a summary of similar information provided by or obtained from a number of employers, contractors or authorized persons if the summary is so framed as not to enable particulars relating to any particular contractor's business to be ascer- tained from it;

(aa) to the disclosure of information by the Authority to any person authorized or employed by it for the purpose of checking or ascertaining the value of construction works; (Added, 7 of 1981, s. 8)

(ab) to the disclosure of information by the Authority to the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board established under the Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) Ordinance; or ( Added 7 of 1981, s. 8)

(b) to any disclosure of information made for the purpose of any legal proceedings brought under this Ordinance, or for the purposes of any report of any such proceedings.

(4) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to com- ply with a requirement under subsection (1) when it is within his power to do so shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000.

(5) Any person who intentionally discloses any information in contravention of subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.

(Cap. 360.)

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