# Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965 (repealed 20.7.1992), Section 12: Restrictions on disclosure of information.

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(1) No information with respect to any land, business or undertaking which has been obtained by virtue of section 10 or 11 of this Act shall, without the consent of the owner and occupier of that land or, as the case may be, of the person carrying on that business or undertaking, be disclosed otherwise than for the purposes of the execution of this Act:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to any disclosure of information made for the purposes of any legal proceedings pursuant to this Act or any criminal proceedings, whether pursuant to this Act or not, or for the purposes of any report of any such proceedings.
(2) If any person discloses any information in contravention of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £100 or to both, or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/46/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-development-scotland-act-1965-repealed-2071992/section-12
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