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Paragraph 4 Recognised news publishersI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

The following provisions do not apply to a recognised news publisher—

(a)

section 69(3) (requirement to register foreign influence arrangements);

(b)

section 71(2) or (3) (offence of carrying out activities under unregistered foreign influence arrangement);

(c)

section 78(2) (offence of carrying out political influence activities tainted by false information).

(2)

The following provisions do not apply to a person who is not a recognised news publisher, where the foreign influence arrangement in question is a news-related foreign influence arrangement—

(a)

section 69(3) (requirement to register foreign influence arrangements);

(b)

section 71(2) or (3) (offence of carrying out activities under unregistered foreign influence arrangement);

(c)

section 78(2) (offence of carrying out political influence activities tainted by false information).

(3)

A “news-related foreign influence arrangement” is a foreign influence arrangement made between a person and a foreign power who is a recognised news publisher where the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the arrangement is the publication of news-related material.

(4)

In this paragraph “news-related material”, “publish”, and “recognised news publisher” have the meaning given by paragraph 5.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 15 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)

I2

Sch. 15 para. 4 in force at 1.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/674, reg. 2