Officers not required to disclose information

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an officer of the Administrative Centre shall not be required to, (a) produce in any court or to another approved authority, any document that has come into the custody or control of the Centre in the course 29 of or because of the performance of functions or duties under this Act; or (b) divulge, communicate or produce to or before such a body, any matter or thing that has come to the notice of the officer in the performance of functions or duties under this Act, except where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into effect. (2) Where, in the determination of legal proceedings, it becomes necessary for the Judge or Magistrate presiding, to be advised of a participant’s location and circumstances, an officer referred to in subsection (1) of this section, shall disclose the relevant information to the Judge or Magistrate in chambers but the officer shall not disclose the information if any person other than the Judge or Magistrate is present. (3) The Judge or Magistrate shall not disclose any information received under subsection (2) of this section, otherwise than in accordance with this Act.