52Restriction upon disclosure of information: relevant professional organisations
(1)Except as permitted by subsection (3), no information mentioned in subsection (2) may be disclosed.
(2)The information is information—
(a)contained in a conduct complaint;
(b)which is given to or obtained by a relevant professional organisation or any person acting on its behalf in the course of, or for the purposes of—
(i)any consideration of such a complaint;
(ii)an investigation (including any report of such an investigation) into such a complaint.
(3)Such information may be disclosed—
(a)for the purpose of enabling or assisting the relevant professional organisation to exercise any of its functions in relation to such a complaint;
(b)where the disclosure is required by or by virtue of any provision made by or under this Act or by any other enactment or other rule of law.
(4)Any person who, in contravention of subsection (1), knowingly discloses any information obtained when employed by, or acting on behalf of, a relevant professional organisation is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.