{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-8A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/25",
  "legislation_title": "Investigatory Powers Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/8A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 56(1) does not apply in relation to—\n(a) any proceedings which are relevant proceedings within the meaning of Part 2 of the National Security Act 2023 (see section 62(1) of that Act), or\n(b) any proceedings arising out of any proceedings within paragraph (a).\n(2) But sub-paragraph (1) does not permit the disclosure of anything to—\n(a) any person, other than the Secretary of State, who is or was a party to the proceedings, or\n(b) any person who—\n(i) represents such a person for the purposes of the proceedings, and\n(ii) does so otherwise than by virtue of an appointment as a special advocate under Schedule 10 to the National Security Act 2023.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8A and cross-heading inserted (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 18 para. 10(2) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2018/13",
      "affecting_title": "Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2018/13",
      "affecting_title": "Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/schedule/3/paragraph/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:02.282680+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}