PART 14Monitoring and enforcement

CHAPTER 5Restrictions on disclosure of information

SECTION 1Prohibition against disclosure of protected information

Penalty for disclosing protected information258

A person guilty of an offence under regulation 256 is liable—

a

on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;

b

on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

c

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.