Part 8

Teachers

Allegations of offences committed by teachers in England and Wales: reporting restrictions

Offence of breach of reporting restrictions
141G
1
This section applies if a publication includes any matter in breach of section 141F (3).
2
Where the publication is a newspaper or periodical, any proprietor, any editor and any publisher of the newspaper or periodical is guilty of an offence.
3
Where the publication is a programme included in a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990), the following are guilty of an offence—
a
any body corporate engaged in providing the programme service in which the programme is included, and
b
any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of an editor of a newspaper.
4
In the case of any other publication, any person publishing it is guilty of an offence.
5
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
6
If an offence committed by a body corporate is proved—
a
to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or
b
to be attributable to any neglect on the part of,
an officer, the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
7
In subsection (6), “
officer
” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.
8
If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, “director” in subsection (7) means a member of that body.
9
Schedule 11B contains supplementary provision relating to an offence under this section.
Ss. 141F-141H and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 13(1), 82(3); S.I. 2012/2213, art. 3