{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-33A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-33A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/33A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33A",
  "heading": "Power to designate bodies involved in foreign power threat activity",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations designate a body for the purposes of this Part if the Secretary of State—\n(a) reasonably believes that the body is, or has been, involved in foreign power threat activity (see section 33), and\n(b) considers that designating the body is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations remove the designation of a body.\n(3) In this Part a “designated body” means a body for the time being designated by regulations under this section.\n(4) Regulations under this section may amend this Act to insert a Schedule listing the body or bodies designated under this section.\n(5) Regulations under this section may amend a Schedule inserted under subsection (4) so as to—\n(a) add an entry relating to a designated body;\n(b) remove or amend an entry relating to a designated body.\n(6) If the Secretary of State reasonably believes—\n(a) that a body is, or has been, operating wholly or partly under more than one name, or\n(b) that two or more bodies are for all practical purposes the same body,\nthe designation of the body may include alternative names.\n(7) Nothing in this section prevents any liability from being established in any proceedings by proof that a body is the same as a designated body, even though the body was operating under a name not included in the designation of the body.\n(8) In this section “body” includes any association or combination of persons.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 33A, 33B and cross-heading inserted (8.7.2026) by National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 (c. 24), ss. 1(2), 7(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/33A",
    "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."
}