Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 6 extended by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxiii), Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 19(2), Sch. 2 para. 4, and Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xv), Sch. 8 para. 33
C2Sch. 6 extended (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(1), Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xii) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58.
C3Sch. 6 extended by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1), Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xv)
Sch. 6 modified (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)(2)(k) (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2
9E+W+SIf a person discloses (otherwise than in the performance of his duty or for the purposes of any legal proceedings, including arbitrations, or for the purposes of a report of any such proceedings as aforesaid) any information obtained by him in any premises entered by him in exercise of the powers conferred by o*’r by virtue of this Schedule, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 3 on the standard scale]or to imprison-ment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of (E. W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39: 1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21. SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G