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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-scotland-act-2005/section-32",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/5",
  "legislation_title": "Fire (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Use of commercially sensitive information",
  "text": "(1) If, without reasonable excuse, a person—\n(a) makes use of; or\n(b) discloses,\nany commercially sensitive information obtained by the person while on premises entered in exercise of a power conferred by virtue of section 25, 26, 27 or 29, the person shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) In subsection (1) “commercially sensitive information” means information with regard to any—\n(a) manufacturing process; or\n(b) trade secret.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/5/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:28.643565+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."
}