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UNITED NATIONS (ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES) ORDINANCE ::(i) any dangerous, hazardous, radioactive or harmful substance;
 * (ii) any toxic chemical; or
 * (iii) any microbial or other biological agent, or toxin, that is likely to cause death, disease or personal injury or damage to property.

PART 4 12. Disclosure of knowledge or suspicion that property is terrorist property

(1) Where a person knows or suspects that any property is terrorist property, then the person shall disclose to an authorized officer the information or other matter—
 * (a) on which the knowledge or suspicion is based; and
 * (b) as soon as is practicable after that information or other matter comes to the person’s attention.

(2) If a person who has made a disclosure referred to in subsection (1) does any act in contravention of section 7 or 8 (whether before or after the disclosure), and the disclosure relates to that act, the person does not commit an offence under section 14(1) in respect of that contravention if—
 * (a) that disclosure is made before the person does that act and the person does that act with the consent of an authorized officer; or
 * (b) that disclosure is made—
 * (i) after the person does that act;
 * (ii) on the person’s initiative; and
 * (iii) as soon as it is practicable for the person to make it.

(3) A disclosure referred to in subsection (1)—
 * (a) shall not be treated as a breach of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by contract or by any enactment, rule of conduct or other provision;
 * (b) shall not render the person who made it liable in damages for any loss arising out of—
 * (i) the disclosure;
 * (ii) any act done or omitted to be done in relation to the property concerned in consequence of the disclosure.