{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-33H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-33H.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/33H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33H",
  "heading": "Immunity",
  "text": "(1) The following are not admissible as evidence in proceedings for an offence under any of sections 17A to 17C, or under any of sections 1, 2, 12, 13, 16 or 18 where the condition to be met is the designated body condition—\n(a) evidence of anything done in relation to an application to the Secretary of State under section 33C,\n(b) evidence of anything done in relation to proceedings before the Commission under section 33D or section 7(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998,\n(c) evidence of anything done in relation to proceedings under section 33E, and\n(d) any document submitted for the purposes of proceedings mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (c).\n(2) But subsection (1) does not prevent evidence from being adduced by, or on behalf of, the defendant (or, in Scotland, the accused person).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 33C-33H and cross-heading inserted (8.7.2026) by National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 (c. 24), ss. 3(2), 7(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/33H",
    "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."
}