[F169A Information.E+W
(1)For the purpose of facilitating—
(a)the making of a determination under section 69(1); or
(b)the preparation or conduct of discussions concerning Community arrangements for or relating to the regulation of the market for sugar,
the appropriate Minister may serve on any processor of home-grown beet a notice requiring him to furnish in writing, within such period as is specified in the notice, such information as is so specified.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), information obtained under subsection (1) shall not be disclosed without the previous consent in writing of the person by whom the information was furnished; and a person who discloses any information so obtained in contravention of this subsection shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(3)Nothing in subsection (2) shall restrict the disclosure of information to any of the Ministers or the disclosure—
(a)of information obtained under subsection (1)(a)—
(i)to a person designated to make a determination under section 69(1); or
(ii)to a body which substantially represents the growers of home-grown beet; or
(b)of information obtained under subsection (1)(b), to the [F2EU] institution concerned.
(4) In this section “ the appropriate Minister ” means—
(a)in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and
(b)in relation to Scotland or Wales, the Secretary of State]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 69A inserted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 52, 54, Sch. 2 para. 15
F2Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 3, 6 (with arts. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 69A: transfer of functions (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3141, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 2(5)(7))
C2S. 69A functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))