Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10 U.K. Contracting out secure colleges

PART 1 E+W Contracting out provision and running of secure colleges

Wrongful disclosure of information relating to persons in youth detention accommodation E+W

15 (1) A person who is or has been employed at a contracted-out secure college (whether as a secure college custody officer or otherwise) commits an offence if the person discloses information— E+W

(a) which the person acquired in the course of the employment, and

(b) which relates to a particular person detained in youth detention accommodation.

(2) It is not an offence under this paragraph for a person to disclose information—

(a) in the course of the person's duty, or

(b) when authorised to do so by the Secretary of State.

(3) A person who commits an offence under this paragraph is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both), and

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F1 the general limit in a magistrates’ court] or a fine (or both).

(4) In relation to an offence committed before [F2 2 May 2022], the reference in sub-paragraph (3)(b) to [F3 the general limit in a magistrates’ court] is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

(5) In relation to an offence committed before section 85 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force, the reference in sub-paragraph (3)(b) to a fine is to be read as a reference to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 10 para. 15(3)(b) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table

F2 Words in Sch. 10 para. 15(4) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F3 Words in Sch. 10 para. 15(4) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 10 para. 15 in force at 20.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 2(1)(d)