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PART 6miscellaneous and general

Disclosure of confidential information

42.  A person who—

(a)enters a factory, workshop or workplace in pursuance of the provisions of article 16 (protective works to building) or article 18 (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.