# National Security Act 2023, Paragraph 6: Legal activities

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

(1) Sections 65(4) and 69(3) (requirements to register foreign activity arrangements and foreign influence arrangements) do not apply in relation to a foreign activity arrangement or a foreign influence arrangement to the extent that the arrangement relates to the carrying on of a legal activity by a lawyer.
(2) The following provisions do not apply to the carrying on of a legal activity by a lawyer—
(a) section 68(1) to (3) (specified persons etc must not carry out unregistered activities);
(b) section 72(1) (foreign powers etc must not carry out unregistered political influence activities).
(3) “Lawyer” means—
(a) a person who for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 is an authorised person in relation to an activity that constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),
(b) a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland,
(c) a solicitor or advocate in Scotland, or
(d) a person who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal profession regulated in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
(4) “Legal activity” means—
(a) in England and Wales, a legal activity within the meaning of section 12 of the Legal Services Act 2007,
(b) in Northern Ireland, a legal activity within the meaning of that section, but reading the reference to an activity which is a reserved legal activity as a reference to an activity corresponding to a reserved legal activity,
(c) in Scotland, the provision of legal services within the meaning of section 3 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), or
(d) acting as an arbitrator or mediator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/15/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-15/paragraph-6
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