29 .F1—F2(1) No information with respect to any particular undertaking (other than the undertaking of a board) shall, without the consent of the owner of that undertaking, be included in any report laid before the Assembly in pursuance of this Part.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no information obtained by any person in the exercise of any power conferred on him by or under the provisions of this Part relating to polls, or in the exercise of any power conferred by or under[F3 this Part on any board].
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall restrict the disclosure of information—
(a)made by a board in compliance with a requirement of the Department of Agriculture under Article 43 of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981F4;
(b)made for the purposes of legal proceedings (including arbitrations) under this Part of any scheme, or for the purpose of any report of such proceedings;
[F5(c)made to the Competition and Markets Authority, if it is made for the purpose of enabling the Authority to perform any of its functions under the Fair Trading Act 1973, the Competition Act 1980 or Part 3 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;]
(d)if, and in so far as, the disclosure is required or authorised by this Part or any schemeF6. . .
(4) Any person who discloses any information in contravention of paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and be liable—
(a)on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding[F7 level 5 on the standard scale], or both;
(b)on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or both.
F1mod. by 1984 NI 12, SR 1995/103
F2mod. by SR 1994/672
F3Words substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 101(2); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2
F5Art. 29(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 210(3) (with art. 3)
F6Words in art. 29(3) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1)(2), 107, Sch. 11 para. 101(3), Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2