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Article 45 Disclosure of confidential information

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A person who—

(a)

enters a factory, workshop or workplace in pursuance of the provisions of article 22 (protective works to buildings) or 23 (power to survey and investigate land etc.); and

(b)

discloses to any person any information obtained by him relating to any manufacturing process or trade secret,

shall be 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 performing his duty in connection with the purposes for which he was authorised to enter the land.