| (1) | Any person may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law which prohibits him— |
| (a) | from disclosing any information relating the affairs or business of any other person; or |
| (b) | from permitting any person to have access to any registers, records or other documents which have a bearing on the said affairs or business, |
disclose to any attorney-general or designated officer such information as he may consider necessary for the prevention or combating, whether in the Republic or elsewhere, of a drug offence or an economic offence, or permit any designated officer to have access to any registers, records or other documents which may in his opinion have a bearing on the latter information.
| (2) | The provisions of subsection (1) shall not be construed as prohibiting any Minister by whom or any other authority by which, or under the control of whom or which, any law referred to in that subsection is administered, or any board, institution of body established by or under any such law, from making any other arrangement with regard to the furnishing of information or the granting of access contemplated in that subsection, according to which the information or access shall be furnished or granted— |
| (a) | by, or on the authority or with the approval of, any such Minister, authority, board, institution or body or any person designated by any such Minister, authority, board, institution or body; and |
| (b) | subject to the conditions, if any, determined by any such Minister, authority, board, institution, body or person. |
