# National Security Act 2023, Paragraph 4: Recognised news publishers

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/15/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-15/paragraph-4
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