{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-15/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-15/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Employees etc",
  "text": "(1) Where an exemption is conferred on a person (“P”) by this Schedule, the following are also exempt (subject to sub-paragraph (2))—\n(a) a person who holds office in or under, or is an employee or other member of staff of, P (acting in that capacity), or\n(b) a person the Secretary of State reasonably considers to be exercising functions on behalf of P as if the person were within paragraph (a).\n(2) Where P is a foreign power, the exemption does not apply to persons within sub-paragraph (1)(a) if or to the extent that the person makes a misrepresentation about their activities or the capacity in which they act (whether generally or to a particular person).\n(3) A misrepresentation is a representation that a reasonable person would consider to be false or misleading in a material way.\n(4) A misrepresentation may be made by making a statement or by any other kind of conduct (including an omission), and may be express or implied.\n(5) A misrepresentation may in particular include—\n(a) a misrepresentation as to the person’s identity or purpose;\n(b) presenting information in a way which amounts to a misrepresentation, even if some or all of the information is true.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 7 in force at 1.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/674, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/15/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}