Paragraph 4

(1)

Section 149(2) (application of section 149(1) to persons who are not public authorities but by whom public functions are exercisable) does not apply to—

(a)

a person listed in sub-paragraph (2);

(b)

the exercise of a function listed in sub-paragraph (3).

(2)

Those persons are—

(a)

the House of Commons;

(b)

the House of Lords;

(c)

the Scottish Parliament;

(d)

the National Assembly for Wales;

(e)

the General Synod of the Church of England;

(f)

the Security Service;

(g)

the Secret Intelligence Service;

(h)

the Government Communications Headquarters;

(i)

a part of the armed forces which is, in accordance with a requirement of the Secretary of State, assisting the Government Communications Headquarters.

(3)

Those functions are—

(a)

a function in connection with proceedings in the House of Commons or the House of Lords;

(b)

a function in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament (other than a function of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body);

(c)

a function in connection with proceedings in the National Assembly for Wales (other than a function of the Assembly Commission).