# Defence Reform Act 2014, Paragraph 4

Status: prospective

(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) information is disclosed to a person in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3 (“the original disclosure”), and
(b) that person, or any other person to whom the information is subsequently so disclosed, discloses the information otherwise than in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3 (“the unauthorised disclosure”).
(2) The person making the unauthorised disclosure is to be treated for all purposes as if that person were subject to the obligation which restricted the original disclosure.
(3) But where the person making the unauthorised disclosure is an employee, the information is to be treated as if it had been disclosed by the person's employer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/20/schedule/2/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-4
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