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Article 48 Disclosure of confidential information

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A person who—

(a)

enters a manufactory, workshop or workplace under article 22 (works to safeguard buildings and the operation of the authorised transit system) or article 24 (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.