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(1)A relevant person must not disclose any information which has been obtained by or on behalf of the Tenant Farming Commissioner for the purposes of an inquiry into a breach of a code of practice unless authorised to do so by subsection (2).
(2)Disclosure is authorised for the purposes of subsection (1) only so far as—
(a)it is necessary for the purpose of enabling or assisting the exercise by the Tenant Farming Commissioner of the Commissioner's functions under this Act,
(b)it is made with the consent of each person to whom the information relates,
(c)it is made for the purposes of civil proceedings,
(d)it is made for the purposes of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings or for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime,
(e)it is made in pursuance of an order of a court or tribunal,
(f)it is made in accordance with any other enactment requiring or permitting the disclosure.
(3)A person who knowingly contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(5)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove that the person reasonably believed—
(a)that the disclosure was authorised under subsection (2), or
(b)that the information had already lawfully been made available to the public.
(6)In subsection (1) a “relevant person” means any individual who is or was—
(a)the Tenant Farming Commissioner (or acting Tenant Farming Commissioner),
(b)a Land Commissioner,
(c)a member of the Commission's staff,
(d)a person exercising functions on behalf of the Commission or its members.
Commencement Information
I1S. 34 in force at 1.4.2017 by S.S.I. 2016/250, reg. 2(3), sch. 2
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