Section 40: Conflict of interest and use of insider information for personal gain.

(1) Members of the Board, Director-General, directors and employees of the Agency shall not manage or operate any meteorological enterprise while in office.
(2) A person specified in subsection (1), having a financial interest in any meteorological enterprise-
(a) shall make full disclosure of such interest to their respective appointing authorities and to the Agency;
(b) is prohibited from participating in any action or decision that may, directly or indirectly, affect their financial interest in any meteorological enterprise.
(3) A member of the Board or the Director-General or any other officer or employee of the Agency shall -
(a) not for his personal gain, make use of any information which has come to his knowledge in the exercise of his powers or is obtained by him in the ordinary course of his duty as a member of the Board or as the Director-General, officer or employee of the Agency;
(b) treat as confidential any information which has come to his knowledge in the exercise of his powers or is obtained by him in the discharge of his duties under this Act; and
(c) not disclose any information referred to under paragraph (b), except where required to do so by a court or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed by the Agency and approved by the Board.