Confidential Information

Confidential information, means: (1) information furnished to the council by a government depart-ment upon terms (however expressed) which forbid the disclosure of the information to the public, and (2) information the disclosure of which to the public is prohibited by or under any enactment or by the order of a court; in either case, the reference to the obligation of confidence is to be construed accordingly, Local Government Act, 1972, s. 100A(3) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), para 39, p. 62.