the Secretary of State;

the Treasury;

any designated agency, transferee body or body administering a scheme under section 54 above;

the Director General of Fair Trading;

the Chief Registrar of friendly societies;

the Friendly Societies Commission

the Bank of England;

any member of the Tribunal;

any person appointed or authorised to exercise any powers under section 94, 106 or 177 above; . . . F3

any officer or servant of any such person F4as is mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) above;

any constable or other person named in a warrant issued under this Act.

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

with a view to the institution of or otherwise for the purposes of criminal proceedings;

with a view to the institution of or otherwise for the purposes of any civil proceedings arising under or by virtue of this Act or proceedings before the Tribunal;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Treasury to exercise any of their powers under this Act or under Part III or VII of the Companies Act 1989;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Secretary of State to exercise any powers conferred on him by this Act or by the enactments relating to companies insurance companies or insolvency F7or by Part II, III or VII of the Companies Act 1989 or for the purpose of enabling or assisting any inspector appointed by him under the enactments relating to companies to discharge his functions;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland to exercise any powers conferred on it by the enactments relating to companies or insolvency or for the purpose of enabling or assisting any inspector appointed by it under the enactments relating to companies to discharge his functions;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Bank of England to discharge its functions under F9the Banking Act 1987 or any other functions;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Deposit Protection Board to discharge its functions under that Act;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Friendly Societies Commission to discharge its functions under this Act, the enactments relating to friendly societies or the enactments relating to industrial assurance

for the purpose of enabling or assisting a body established by order under section 46 of the Companies Act 1989 to discharge its functions under Part II of that Act, or of enabling or assisting a recognised supervisory or qualifying body within the meaning of that Part to discharge its functions as such;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Industrial Assurance Commissioner or the Industrial Assurance Commissioner for Northern Ireland to discharge his functions under the enactments relating to industrial assurance;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Insurance Brokers Registration Council to discharge its functions under the M1Insurance Brokers (Registration) Act 1977;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting an official receiver to discharge his functions under the enactments relating to insolvency or for the purpose of enabling or assisting a body which is for the time being a recognised professional body for the purposes of section 391 of the M2Insolvency Act 1986 to discharge its functions as such;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Building Societies Commission to discharge its functions under the M3Building Societies Act 1986;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Director General of Fair Trading to discharge his functions under this Act;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting a recognised self-regulating organisation, recognised investment exchange, recognised professional body, or recognised clearing house to discharge its functions as such;

with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any disciplinary proceedings relating to the exercise by a solicitor, auditor, accountant, valuer or actuary of his professional duties;

with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any disciplinary proceedings relating to the discharge by a public servant of his duties;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting any person appointed or authorised to exercise any powers under F13F14section 43A or 44of the Insurance Companies Act 1982, section 447 of the Companies Act 1985, section 94, 106 or 177 above F13or section 84 of the Companies Act 1989 to discharge his functions;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting an auditor of an authorised person or a person approved under section 108 above to discharge his functions;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting an overseas regulatory authority to exercise its regulatory functions;

if the information is or has been available to the public from other sources;

in a summary or collection of information framed in such a way as not to enable the identity of any person to whom the information relates to be ascertained; or

in pursuance of any Community obligation.

in paragraph (oo) “public servant” means an officer or servant of the Crown or of any public or other authority for the time being designated for the purposes of that paragraph by order of the Secretary of State; and

in paragraph (qq) “overseas regulatory authority” and “regulatory functions” have the same meaning as in section 82 of the Companies Act 1989.

impose conditions subject to which the disclosure of information is permitted by that subsection; and

otherwise restrict the circumstances in which that subsection permits disclosure.

of any information contained in an unpublished report of the Tribunal which has been made available to any person under this Act, by the person to whom it was made available or by any person obtaining the information directly or indirectly from him;

of any information contained in any notice or copy of a notice served under this Act, notice of the contents of which has not been given to the public, by the person on whom it was served or any person obtaining the information directly or indirectly from him;

of any information contained in the register kept under section 102 above by virtue of subsection (1)(e) of that section, by a person who has inspected the register under section 103(2) or (3) above or any person obtaining the information directly or indirectly from him.

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Director, the Secretary of State or any other Minister, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission or any Northern Ireland department to discharge any function conferred on him or them by the M4Fair Trading Act 1973 (other than Part II or III of that Act), the M5Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 or the M6Competition Act 1980; or

for the purposes of any civil proceedings under any of those provisions;

to prevent the disclosure by virtue of that provision; or

to restrict the extent to which disclosure is permitted by virtue of that provision,

may prohibit disclosure of the information to which it applies by all persons or only by such persons or classes of person as may be specified in it; and

may prohibit such disclosure absolutely or in such cases or subject to such conditions as to consent or otherwise as may be specified in it;

by a designated agency, a transferee body, the competent authority or any person appointed or authorised to exercise any powers under section 94, 106 or 177 above (or any officer or servant of any such body or person) for the purposes or in the discharge of any functions of that body or person under this Act or any rules or regulations made under this Act or of any monitoring agency functions; or

by a recognised self-regulating organisation, a recognised professional body, a recognised investment exchange or a recognised clearing house other than an overseas investment exchange or clearing house (or any officer or servant of such an organisation, body, investment exchange or clearing house) for the purposes or in the discharge of any of its functions as such or of any monitoring agency functions.

information relating only to the affairs of that person; or

information obtained by that person otherwise than directly or indirectly from a person mentioned in subsection (3) above.

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.