I move amendment No. 12:
In page 8, lines 9 to 14, to delete subsection (3) and substitute the following:
"(3) Particular information or information of a particular class or description shall be considered, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be confidential if it is stated to be confidential or the Board or an officer of the Board has directed that it be treated as confidential.
(4) In this section ‘duly authorised' means authorised by the Board or by a person authorised in that behalf by the Board.".
It is proposed to amend subsection (3) to make clearer the definition of "confidential" and provide for the definition of "duly authorised" under a separate subsection. The amended subsection (3) and the new subsection (4) read as per the amendment. The term "stated to be confidential" means stated in the contracts between the VHI and service providers. These would usually have a confidentiality clause included.