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Part XIE+W+S Administration

145. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W+S

146, 147.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F2Ss. 146, 147 repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1 and 1976/2004, Sch.

148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W+S

Textual Amendments

149, 150.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W+S

151, 152.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5E+W+S

153 Provisions as to county and district councils.E+W+S

(1)The [F6proper officer][F7sanitary inspector] of every district council shall—

(a)in his annual report to the council report specifically on the administration of, and furnish the prescribed particulars with respect to, the matters under . . . F8 Part VIII of this Act which are administered by the district council, and shall send a copy of his annual report or so much of it as deals with those matters to the Minister; and

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

154 Prohibition of disclosure of informationE+W+S

If any person who, in pursuance of powers conferred by section one hundred and forty-eight or section one hundred and fifty-three of this Act, is admitted into any factory or place discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the factory or place with regard to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an of an offence . . . F12.

Textual Amendments

F12Words repealed by S.I. 1974/1941, reg. 7, Sch. 1

Valid from 01/01/2005

[F13154AException to the prohibition: public authoritiesE+W+S

Section 154 does not apply if–

(a)the person making the disclosure referred to in that section is, or is acting on behalf of a person who is, a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and

(b)the information is not held by the authority on behalf of another person.]