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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (NO.2) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 51

51.(1) No employer shall, by virtue of Article 50, be required to disclose

(a)any information the disclosure of which would be against the interests of
national security, public safety or public order, or

(b)any information which he could not disclose without contravening a
prohibition imposed by or under a statutory provision, or

(c)any information which has been communicated to the employer in confidence,
or which the employer has otherwise obtained in consequence of the confidence
reposed in him by another person, or

(d)any information relating specifically to an individual, unless he has
consented to its being disclosed, or

(e)any information the disclosure of which would cause substantial injury to
the employer's undertaking for reasons other than its effect on collective
bargaining, or

(f)any information obtained by the employer for the purpose of bringing,
prosecuting or defending any legal proceedings;

(2) In the performance of his duty under Article 50 an employer shall not be
required

(a)to produce, or allow inspection of, any document (other than a document
prepared for the purpose of conveying or confirming the information) or to
make a copy of or extracts from any document, or

(b)to compile or assemble any information where the compilation or assembly
would involve an amount of work or expenditure out of reasonable proportion to
the value of the information in the conduct of collective bargaining.

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