# Consumer Safety Act 1978, Paragraph 7


If any person discloses to any person—
(a) any information obtained by him in premises which he has entered by virtue of this Schedule ; or
(b) any information obtained by him in pursuance of this Schedule ;
he shall, unless the disclosure was made for the purposes of proceedings for a breach of duty mentioned in section 6(1) of this Act and does not disclose a secret manufacturing process or trade secret or was made as mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 4(3) of this Act or in compliance with a direction under section 5(4) of this Act or was of publicised information, be guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine and, on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/38/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-safety-act-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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