12B.—(1) This Article applies where a tribunal has been directed under Article 12(5) or has determined under Article 12(6)—
(a)to take steps to conceal the identity of a particular witness, or
(b)to take steps to keep secret all or part of the reasons for its decision.
(2) It is an offence to publish—
(a)anything likely to lead to the identification of the witness, or
(b)the reasons for the tribunal's decision or the part of its reasons which it is directed or has determined to keep secret.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) Where a person is charged with an offence under this Article it is a defence to prove that at the time of the alleged offence he was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the publication in question was of, or included, the matter in question.
(5) A reference in this Article to publication includes a reference to inclusion in a programme which is included in a programme service, within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990.]