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POLLUTION CONTROL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 76

76.(1) If a person discloses information relating to any trade secret used in
carrying on a particular undertaking and the information has been given to him
or obtained by him under this Order he shall, subject to paragraph (2), be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #400.

(2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) by virtue
of the disclosure of any information if

(a)the disclosure is made

(i)in the performance of his duty, or

(ii)under Article 57(1)(b), or

<(iii)with the consent in writing of a person having a right to disclose the information; or


(b)the information is of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this
sub-paragraph and, if regulations made for those purposes provide that
information of that kind may only be disclosed under the regulations to
prescribed persons, the disclosure is to a prescribed person.

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