(1)After section 41B of the 1989 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
(1)This section applies to—
(a)a registered medical practitioner appointed under paragraph (a) of section 107(6) of the M1Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (medical services in contracted out prisons);
(b)a registered medical practitioner providing appropriate medical services under an arrangement entered into under section 3A(2)(b) of this Act or paragraph (b) of the said section 107(6); and
(c)any person acting under the supervision of such a practitioner.
(2)Any person to whom this section applies who discloses, otherwise than in the course of his duty or as authorised by the Secretary of State, any information relating to a particular prisoner which he has acquired in the course of carrying out his duties shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) above shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.”.