Article 33 Disclosure of confidential informationI1

England and Wales

A person who—

(a)

enters a factory, workshop or workplace under article 14 (protective works to buildings) or article 15 (power to survey and investigate land); and

(b)

discloses to any person any information obtained as a result of that entry and relating to any manufacturing process or trade secret,

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless the disclosure is made in the course of that person’s performance of a duty in connection with the purposes for which the person was authorised to enter the land.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 33 in force at 19.8.2014, see art. 1