{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-tissue-quality-and-safety-for-human-application-regulations-2007/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110768342",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-tissue-quality-and-safety-for-human-application-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Breach of confidentiality requirement",
  "text": "(1) Any person who discloses any information in breach of regulation 13(2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or\n(ii) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or\n(iii) to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment—\n(i) to a fine, or\n(ii) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or\n(iii) to both.\n(3) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110768342/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:10.370919+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."
}