Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Adoption Chapter 3  - Placement for Adoption and Adoption Orders Section 59: Offence
169.Section 59 enables regulations to provide that a registered adoption society which discloses information in contravention of section 57 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.  Section 14 provides a default power for the appropriate Minister.  This could in appropriate cases be used to deal with local authorities that disclose information in contravention of these provisions.