Cereals Marketing Act 1965

17 Offences in relation to scheme under s. 16

(1) Any person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed by or under a scheme in accordance with subsection (2) of the last preceding section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both.

(2) Returns or other information furnished to or obtained by any person in pursuance of such a requirement shall not be disclosed except—

(a) with the written consent of the person by whom the information was furnished, or

(b) to a member, officer or servant of the Authority, or

(c) to any of the three Ministers mentioned in section 24(1) of this Act or an officer or servant appointed by one of those Ministers, or

(d) in the form of a summary of similar returns or information furnished by or obtained from a number of persons, being a summary so framed as not to enable particulars relating to any one person or business to be ascertained from it, or

(e) for the purposes of any proceedings pursuant to this Act or of any criminal proceedings which may be taken, whether pursuant to this Act or otherwise, or for the purposes of a report of any such proceedings.

(3) Any person who—

(a) in furnishing any information for the purposes of a scheme under the last preceding section, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or

(b) wilfully makes a false entry in any document which is required to be produced in pursuance of any such scheme, or

(c) discloses any information in contravention of subsection (2) of this section,

shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both, or on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.