PART 2 LICENSING OF ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE USE OF TISSUE FOR HUMAN APPLICATION

Breach of confidentiality requirement

14.—(1) Any person who discloses any information in breach of regulation 13(2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction—

(i) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or

(ii) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or

(iii) to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment—

(i) to a fine, or

(ii) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or

(iii) to both.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.