{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Wrongful disclosure of information relating to persons detained in youth detention accommodation.",
  "text": "(1) A person who—\n(a) is or has been employed (whether as a custody officer or otherwise) in pursuance of escort arrangements or at a contracted out secure training centre; or\n(b) is or has been employed to perform contracted out functions at a directly managed secure training centre,\ncommits an offence if he discloses, otherwise than in the course of his duty or as authorised by the Secretary of State, any information which he acquired in the course of his employment and which relates to a particular person detained in youth detention accommodation .\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(1) substituted (1.11.2007) by Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21), ss. 39, 41(1), Sch. 3 para. 23(1); S.I. 2007/3001, art. 2(1)(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 14 sidenote substituted (1.11.2007) by Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21), ss. 39, 41(1), Sch. 3 para. 23(2); S.I. 2007/3001, art. 2(1)(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 14(1): Transfer of functions (20.4.2000) by S.I. 2000/1160, art. 4(1)(2)(k)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+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."
}