Aeronautics Act

Marginal note:Unauthorized disclosures of orders

• 4.8 (1) No person other than the Minister shall disclose to any other person the substance of any order that has been made by the Minister under subsection 4.3(2) in respect of aviation security unless the disclosure is required by law or is necessary to give effect to the order.

• Marginal note:Court to inform Minister

  (2) Where, in any proceedings before a court or other body having jurisdiction to compel the production or discovery of information, a request is made for the production or discovery of any order referred to in subsection (1), the court or other body shall, if the Minister is not a party to the proceedings, cause a notice of the request to be given to the Minister and shall, in camera, examine the order and give the Minister a reasonable opportunity to make representations with respect thereto and, if the court or other body concludes in the circumstances of the case that the public interest in the proper administration of justice outweighs in importance the privilege attached to the order by virtue of subsection (1), the court or other body shall order the production and discovery, subject to such restrictions or conditions as the court or other body deems appropriate, and may require any person to give evidence that relates to the order.