26. The Minister or the person designated by the Minister in his or her department may transmit to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and receive from that Minister, any confidential industrial, financial, commercial, scientific or technical information held by the Minister or furnished by a third person and necessary for the application of this Act and the regulations or for the prevention of a risk to public health or safety, the environment or wildlife, and for their protection.
2003, c. 23, s. 26; 2006, c. 22, s. 157.