A requirement under section 107(1) does not require a person to disclose anything which the person would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of legal professional privilege in proceedings in the High Court.
A requirement under section 107(1) does not require a banker to breach a duty of confidentiality owed to a person who is not—
a registered provider,
a subsidiary of a registered provider,
an associate of a registered provider, or
a person who is certified in writing by the regulator as being—
a person who has applied to be entered in the register of providers of social housing, or
a local authority which the regulator thinks may be, or may become, a provider of social housing.
A person guilty of an offence under section 107(5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine ....
A person guilty of an offence under section 107(6) or (6A) is liable—
on summary conviction, to a fine ...;
on conviction on indictment, to—
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years,
a fine, or
both.
Proceedings for an offence under section 107(5) , (6) or (6A) may be brought only by or with the consent of—
the regulator, or
the Director of Public Prosecutions.
An order under section 107(7) may include provision about costs.