{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-act-1984/section-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-act-1984/section-96.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/55",
  "legislation_title": "Building Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-act-1984",
  "path": "section/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Supplementary provisions as to entry.",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) A warrant issued under that section shall continue in force until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.\n(3) A person who—\n(a) is admitted into a factory or workplace in compliance with that section or a warrant issued under it, and\n(b) discloses to another person information obtained by him in the factory or workplace with regard to a manufacturing process or trade secret,\nis 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/44",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/55/section/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:04.213182+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}