http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/15/section/3Television Licences (Disclosure of Information) Act 2000An Act to make provision about the disclosure of certain information for purposes connected with television licences.2000-07-26texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2015-03-17Expert Participation2004-04-01 31A person to whom information is supplied under section 1 (“a recipient”) is guilty of an offence if, without lawful authority, he discloses that information.2A person who is or has been employed by a recipient, or engaged in the provision of services to a recipient, is guilty of an offence if, without lawful authority, he discloses information supplied to the recipient under section 1.3It is not an offence under this section—ato disclose information in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information supplied under section 1 relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it; orbto disclose information which has previously been disclosed to the public with lawful authority.4It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that at the time of the alleged offence he believed—athat he was making the disclosure in question with lawful authority, orbthat the information in question had previously been disclosed to the public with lawful authority,and he had no reasonable cause to believe otherwise.5For the purposes of this section, a disclosure is to be regarded as made with lawful authority if, but only if, it is made—aby a person exercising functions in relation to television licences and using the information in a way permitted by section 2;bin accordance with any enactment or order of a court;cfor the purpose of instituting, or otherwise for the purposes of, proceedings before a court; ordwith the consent of the person to whom the information relates or of any person authorised to act on that person’s behalf.6A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—aon summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both; orbon conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.