Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

Chapter 7 : Legal Proceedings and Offences

Purchase

(1)	Any person who discloses any information that they acquired in the performance of a function in terms of this Act and that relates to the financial and business affairs of an employer or any other person who employs employees, commits an offence.

(2)	Subsection (1) does not apply if the information—

(a)	was disclosed to enable a person to perform a function in terms of this Act;

(b)	must be disclosed in terms of this Act, any other law or an order of court; or

(c)	was disclosed to a health and safety representative or health and safety committee in terms of Chapter 3.