[15B Offence of unauthorised use or disclosure]
Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (1971 c 32) | Legislation

[15B  Offence of unauthorised use or disclosure]

[(1)     This section applies if the Commissioners make a disclosure of information (“debtor information”) under section 15A(5).

(2)     A person to whom the debtor information is disclosed commits an offence if—

(a)     he uses or discloses the debtor information, and

(b)     the use or disclosure is not authorised by subsection (3), (5), (6) or (7).

(3)     The use or disclosure of the debtor information is authorised if it is—

(a)     for a purpose connected with the enforcement of the lapsed

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