Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

PART 6
MISCELLANEOUS

113.   Confidentiality

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    (1)   The Director, accounting officer, staff of the procurement unit, members of the Board or any Committee established or appointed under this Act shall keep confidential any information relating to public procurement procedures and to tenders, including any tenderer's proprietary information.

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    (2)   Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Director, accounting officer, staff of the procurement unit, members of the Board or any Committee established or appointed under this Act shall not, except where required to do so by an order of a court, disclose any information relating to public procurement procedures and tenders, where the disclosure would —

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      (a)     amount to a contravention of an enactment;

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      (b)     obstruct law enforcement;

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      (c)     prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of the parties;

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      (d)     inhibit fair competition in public procurement; or

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      (e)     in anyway be contrary to public interest.