{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-80.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/80",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Offences: penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who commits a foreign activity offence is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or to a fine (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(d) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).\n(2) “Foreign activity offence” means—\n(a) an offence under section 65(5);\n(b) an offence under section 67;\n(c) an offence under section 68(9) or (10);\n(d) an offence under section 74(8) committed in relation to a foreign activity arrangement registered under section 65 or a relevant activity registered under section 68;\n(e) an offence under section 75(8) committed in relation to an information notice given under section 75(1);\n(f) an offence under section 77(1) or (2);\n(g) an offence under section 78(1).\n(3) A person who commits a foreign influence offence is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or to a fine (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(d) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).\n(4) “Foreign influence offence” means—\n(a) an offence under section 69(5);\n(b) an offence under section 71;\n(c) an offence under section 72(6);\n(d) an offence under section 74(8) committed in relation to a foreign influence arrangement registered under section 69 or a political influence activity registered under section 72;\n(e) an offence under section 75(8) committed in relation to an information notice given under section 75(2);\n(f) an offence under section 77(3) or (4);\n(g) an offence under section 78(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 80 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 80 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/section/80",
    "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."
}