PART 7MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Disclosure of confidential information

61.  A person who—

(a)enters a factory, workshop or workplace in pursuance of the provisions of article 20 (safeguarding works to buildings) or article 23 (power to survey and investigate land, etc.); and

(b)discloses to any other person any information obtained by the person relating to any manufacturing process or trade secret,

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless the disclosure is made in the course of performing the person’s duty in connection with the purposes for which the person was authorised to enter the land.