Disclosure of confidential information
54. A person who—
(a)enters a factory, workshop or workplace in pursuance of the provisions of article 15 (protective works to buildings) or article 16 (power to survey and investigate land); and
(b)discloses to any person any information obtained pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) and relating to any manufacturing process or trade secret,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless the disclosure is made in the course of that person’s performance of a duty in connection with the purposes for which that person was authorised to enter the land.