Section 5 Disclosure of information.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2) below, no information with respect to an individual business which has been obtained under or by virtue of this Act shall be disclosed without the consent of the person carrying on that business.
(2)
Subsection (1) above shall not apply to the disclosure of any information—
(a)
to a government department, or any person authorised by a government department, requiring that information for the purpose of the discharge of the functions of that department; or
(b)
for the purposes of any prosecution for an offence under section 6 below.