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BANK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1995 - SECT 14

14 .         Disclosure of information

        (1)         A disclosure of information made in accordance with this section for the purposes of facilitating the privatisation of the Bank is not to be regarded — 

            (a)         as a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil wrong; or

            (b)         as a contravention of section 232 of the Corporations Law.

        (2)         Subsection (1) applies to a disclosure of information made by the Government, R & I Holdings or the Bank or by a person acting with the authority of the Government, R & I Holdings or the Bank but does not apply to any other person to whom the information is given.

        (3)         Subsection (1) applies to confidential information or information not publicly known concerning the affairs of the Bank or of any subsidiary of the Bank or of any customer of the Bank or of any subsidiary.

        (4)         This section has effect despite section 41 of the existing Act.

        (5)         In subsection (3) Bank , subsidiary and customer have the same meanings as they have in section 41 of the existing Act.



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