Article 45 Disclosure of confidential informationI1

England and Wales

A person who—

(a)

enters a manufactory, workshop or workplace under article 21 (safeguarding works to buildings) or article 23 (power to survey and investigate land, etc.); and

(b)

discloses to any person any information obtained under paragraph (a) 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. 45 in force at 6.11.2013, see art. 1