Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (S.C. 1994, c. 22)

Disclosure of Information

Marginal note:Purposes for which information may be disclosed

• 19.1 (1) Subject to the Privacy Act, information obtained in the administration or enforcement of this Act may be disclosed

  • (a) as necessary for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of this Act;

  • (b) in order to notify another Party to the Convention of an environmental emergency that has been discovered or a potential environmental risk;

  • (c) in order to notify the public of an environmental emergency that has been discovered, or a potential environmental risk, that may affect public health or public safety; or

  • (d) under an agreement or arrangement between the Government of Canada or any of its institutions and any other government in Canada, the government of a foreign state or an international organization or any of their institutions, or between the Minister and any other federal minister, if the purpose of the agreement or arrangement is

    • (i) the administration or enforcement of a law,

    • (ii) the fulfilment of the obligations of a Party under the Convention, or

    • (iii) research or statistical analysis in relation to the protection and conservation of migratory birds.

• Marginal note:Protection from civil proceeding or prosecution

  (2) Despite any other Act of Parliament, no civil or criminal proceedings lie against a federal minister or any person who acts on behalf or under the direction of a federal minister, the Government of Canada or any of its institutions, and no proceedings lie against the Crown or any institution of the Government of Canada, for the disclosure in good faith of any information under this Act or for any consequences that flow from that disclosure.

Consequential Amendment

20 [Amendment]

Repeal

21 [Repeal]