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FIRE SAFETY (BUILDINGS) ORDINANCE '''21. Authorized officers not personally liable for certain acts and omissions'''

(1) An authorized officer is not personally liable for any act done or omitted to be done by the officer while exercising or performing a function conferred or imposed by this Ordinance if the officer did or omitted to do the act in the honest belief that the act or omission was required or authorized by or under this Ordinance.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability that the Government may have because an authorized officer has done or omitted to do an act to which that subsection applies.

22. Offence to disclose information obtained officially

(1) A person who, without lawful authority, discloses to another person information obtained while exercising or performing a function conferred or imposed on the person by this Ordinance is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) A person has lawful authority to disclose information if the person discloses the information—
 * (a) in order to exercise or perform a function conferred or imposed by this Ordinance;
 * (b) in connection with proceedings brought under this Ordinance;
 * (c) in accordance with an order of the District Court; or
 * (d) with the consent of all persons who are entitled to have the information kept confidential.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), information that a person is entitled to have kept confidential includes, but is not limited to, information that concerns the trade, business or profession of the person or another person with whom the person has business dealings.

23. How documents are to be served for purposes of this Ordinance

A document to be given or served under this Ordinance may be given or served—
 * (a) in the case of a person who is not a body corporate—
 * (i) by delivering it to the person personally; or