Part XI Administration
145. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
149. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
153 Provisions as to county and district councils.
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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
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154 Prohibition of disclosure of information
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.
154AF14Exception to the prohibition: public authorities
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 F13or a Scottish public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 , and
b
the information is not held by the authority on behalf of another person.