Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 9 applied (N.I.) (1.4.2003) by The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/419) (N.I. 6), art. 63; S.R. 2003/203, art. 2, Sch.
Pt. 9 applied (20.6.2003) by S.I. 1990/1715, reg. 5 (as inserted by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1398), art. 2, Sch. para. 17(5))
C2Pt. 9 (ss. 237-247) modified (prosp.) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 29(3)-(7), 66 (with s. 6(9))
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]
(1)A person commits an offence if he discloses information to which section 237 applies in contravention of section 237(2).
(2)A person commits an offence if he discloses information in contravention of a direction given under section 243(4).
(3)A person commits an offence if he uses information disclosed to him under this Part for a purpose which is not permitted under this Part.
(4)A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;
(b)on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.