Restrictive Practices (Amendment) Act, 1987

Prohibition of disclosure information.

36.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall disclose information available to him by virtue of the functions conferred on him by the Consumer Information Act, 1978 , the Act of 1980, or any of the enactments or Regulations specified in the First Schedule to this Act.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) a communication made by the Director or an authorized officer in the execution of his functions under the Consumer Information Act, 1978 , the Act of 1980, or any of the enactments or Regulations specified in the First Schedule to this Act, or

(b) the disclosure of information for the purposes of legal proceedings.

(3) If any person contravenes subsection (1) he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding £800.