POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 266 Unauthorised disclosure of information

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 266

266 Unauthorised disclosure of information

(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly discloses any information; and

(b) the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the information relates to an authorised operation or a corresponding authorised operation; and

(c) the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the disclosure is not made—

(i) with the approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant law enforcement agency; or

(ii) in connection with the administration or execution of this chapter or a corresponding law; or

(iii) for the purposes of any legal proceeding arising out of or otherwise related to this chapter or a corresponding law or of any report of the proceeding; or

(iv) under any requirement imposed by law; or

(v) under another law.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

(2) A person commits a crime if the person commits an offence against subsection (1) in circumstances in which the person—

(a) intends to endanger the health or safety of any person or prejudice the effective conduct of an authorised operation or a corresponding authorised operation; or

(b) knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the disclosure of the information—

(i) endangers or will endanger the health or safety of any person; or

(ii) prejudices or will prejudice the effective conduct of an authorised operation or a corresponding authorised operation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 years imprisonment.

(3) This section does not affect section 803 or the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , section 213 (4) .

(4) In this section—


"relevant law enforcement agency" , for a controlled operation, means the law enforcement agency whose officer was granted an authority to conduct the operation.