Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act, 1994

Prohibition on disclosure of information by members and officers of the Agency.

16.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any member or employee of the Agency to disclose any information in relation to the business of any other person or body obtained by that member or employee as such.

(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the disclosure of any information for the purposes of any legal proceedings (whether civil or criminal) taken or proposed to be taken under this Act or authorised or required under this or any other enactment.