Section 333A

A person commits an offence if— the person discloses any matter within subsection (2); the disclosure is likely to prejudice any investigation that might be conducted following the disclosure referred to in that subsection; and the information on which the disclosure is based came to the person in the course of a business in the regulated sector. The matters are that the person or another person has made a disclosure under this Part— to a constable, to an officer of Revenue and Customs, to a nominated officer, or to a National Crime Agency officer authorised for the purposes of this Part by the Director General of that Agency, of information that came to that person in the course of a business in the regulated sector. A person commits an offence if— the person discloses that an investigation into allegations that an offence under this Part has been committed is being contemplated or is being carried out; the disclosure is likely to prejudice that investigation; and the information on which the disclosure is based came to the person in the course of a business in the regulated sector. A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable— on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both; on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both. This section is subject to— section 333B (disclosures within an undertaking or group etc), section 333C (other permitted disclosures between institutions etc), and section 333D (other permitted disclosures etc).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04