{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-18/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-18/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6)",
  "text": "(1) The Official Secrets Act 1989 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 5(6) (offence of disclosing information obtained by espionage) for “section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911” substitute “any of sections 1 to 4 of the National Security Act 2023”.\n(3) In section 11 (arrest, search and trial)—\n(a) for subsections (3) and (3A) substitute—\n“(3) Schedule 2 to the National Security Act 2023 (powers of entry, search and seizure) applies in relation to a relevant offence as it applies in relation to a relevant act (within the meaning given by paragraphs 1 and 18 of that Schedule).”;\n(b) for subsection (4) substitute—\n“(4) If it is necessary in the interests of national security, a court may exclude the public from any part of proceedings for a relevant offence, except the passing of sentence.”;\n(c) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(4A) In this section a “relevant offence” means an offence under any provision of this Act other than section 8(1), (4) or (5).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 6 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/18/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}