{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-81.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/81",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Offences: supplementary provision",
  "text": "(1) Section 35 (offences by body corporate etc) applies in relation to offences under this Part as it applies in relation to offences under Part 1.\n(2) Section 36(1) and (3) to (5) (offences committed outside the United Kingdom) applies in relation to offences under this Part as it applies in relation to offences under Part 1.\n(3) If it is necessary in the interests of national security, a court may exclude the public from any part of proceedings for an offence under this Part, except for the passing of sentence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 81 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 81 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/81",
    "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."
}