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(1)Information (including information in records) obtained by any person in pursuance of section 7 above or an order under that section shall not be disclosed except—
(a)with the written consent of the person by whom the information was provided, or
(b)in the form of a summary of similar information obtained from a number of persons, where the summary is so framed as not to enable particulars relating to any one person or business to be ascertained from it, or
(c)for the purpose of any criminal proceedings or for the purpose of a report of any such proceedings.
[F1(d)for the purpose of enabling [F2[F3the Environment Agency] to carry out any of its] functions under the 1937 Act]
(2)Any person who discloses any information in contravention of subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale F4. . ..
(3)In this section “the Minister” has the same meaning as in section 7 above.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 9(1)(d) inserted (E.W.) by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), s. 38 as amended as indicated.
F2Words substituted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 141, Sch. 17 para. 8 (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), 194(9), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)
F3Words in s. 9(1)(d) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 105, Sch. 15 para. 23 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F4Words in s. 9(2) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group 2.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 9(1): disclosure powers extended (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, s. 17, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 22
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