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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-83",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-83.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/83",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“foreign activity arrangement” has the meaning given by section 65;\n“foreign influence arrangement” has the meaning given by section 69;\n“foreign power” has the same meaning as in Part 1 (see section 32), subject to subsection (2);\n“political influence activity” has the meaning given by section 70;\n“registered activity” means an activity registered with the Secretary of State under section 68 or 72;\n“registered arrangement” means an arrangement registered with the Secretary of State under section 65 or 69;\n“specified person” has the meaning given by section 66.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part references in section 32 to a foreign State, or a foreign country or territory, do not include the Republic of Ireland.\n(3) For the purposes of this Part references to an “arrangement” do not include an arrangement between a person (“P”) and—\n(a) a person who holds office in or under, or is an employee or other member of staff of, P (acting in that capacity), or\n(b) a person the Secretary of State reasonably considers to be exercising functions on behalf of P as if the person were within paragraph (a).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 83 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 83 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/83",
    "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."
}