26.—F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) If an enforcement officer or other person who enters any work-place [F2for the purposes of these Regulations] discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the work-place with regard to any secret manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an offence.
(7) It shall not be an offence under paragraph (6) for a person to disclose information in circumstances where—
(a)the person from whom the information was received has consented to its disclosure; or
(b)the information is disclosed more than 50 years after it was received.
F3(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 26(1)-(5) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1630), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 58(a) (with art. 8)