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Section 96 Supplementary provisions as to entry.

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(1)

An authorised officer entering premises by virtue of section 95 above, or of a warrant issued under it, may take with him such other persons as may be necessary, and on leaving unoccupied premises that he has entered by virtue of such a warrant he shall leave them as effectually secured against trespassers as he found them.

(2)

A warrant issued under that section shall continue in force until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.

(3)

A person who—

(a)

is admitted into a factory or workplace in compliance with that section or a warrant issued under it, and

(b)

discloses to another person information obtained by him in the factory or workplace with regard to a manufacturing process or trade secret,

is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty.