{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-2004/schedule-6/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1468",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Information (Household Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Restrictions on disclosure of information",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall not disclose any information—\n(a) which was obtained by him in consequence of its being given to any person in compliance with any requirement imposed by these Regulations; or\n(b) which consists in a secret manufacturing process or trade secret and was obtained by him in consequence of the exercise by any person of any power or duty conferred by these Regulations.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to a disclosure of information if the information is publicised information or the disclosure is made—\n(a) for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of a relevant person’s functions under these Regulations or any enactment or subordinate legislation mentioned in sub-paragraph (3);\n(b) in pursuance of a Community obligation;\n(c) in connection with the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings; or\n(d) in pursuance of section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000;\n(e) in pursuance of regulation 3 of the Environmental Information Regulations 1992.\n(3) The enactments referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) are—\n(a) the Trade Descriptions Act 1968;\n(b) the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 or within the meaning of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n(c) the Weights and Measures Act 1985;\n(d) the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n(e) the Consumer Protection Act 1987;\n(f) the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;\n(g) the Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1989;\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(i) any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market;\n(j) any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (2)(a) the reference to a person’s functions shall include a reference to any function of making, amending or revoking any regulations or order.\n(5) In this paragraph—\n“publicised information” means any information which has been disclosed in any civil or criminal proceedings; and\n“relevant person” means any of the following—\n(a)a Minister of the Crown, Government department or Northern Ireland department;\n(b)the Office of Fair Trading;\n(c)the Health and Safety Executive;\n(d)an enforcement authority;\n(e)any person who is charged with enforcing any of the enactments and subordinate legislation referred to in sub-paragraph (3).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 12(3)(h) omitted (26.5.2008) by virtue of The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 107(a), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with reg. 28(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 12(3)(i)(j) inserted (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 107(b) (with reg. 28(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3240 amended by S.I. 1998/1447."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1968 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1974 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1985 c. 72."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1987 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 12), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/728."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1468/schedule/6/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:24:24.558808+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."
}