Article 64 Disclosure of confidential informationI1

England and Wales

A person who—

(a)

enters a factory, workshop or workplace under the provisions of article 21 (protective works) or article 23 (power to survey and investigate land, etc.); and

(b)

discloses to any person any information obtained as a result of that entry and relating to any manufacturing process or trade secret,

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless disclosure is made in the course of that person’s performance of a duty in connection with the purposes for which the person was authorised to enter the land.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 64 in force at 2.1.2018, see art. 1