# The Official Secrets (Prohibited Place) Order 1955

S.I. 1955/1497 · made 23 September 1955

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-prohibited-place-order-1955/pdf/uksi_19551497_en.pdf

## Introductory text

OVERSEAS RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Made 23rd September 1955
Coming into Operation 1st October 1955
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Official Secrets Act, 1911, as amended by . section 10 of the Official Secrets Act, 1920 and as read with . section 6 of the Atomic Energy Authority Act, 1954 I hereby make the following Order:—

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Official Secrets (Prohibited Place) Order, 1955, and shall come into operation on the first day of October, 1955.

## 2 

The place specified in the Schedule to this Order, being a place belonging to or used for the purposes of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, is declared to be a prohibited place for the purposes of the Official Secrets Act, 1911, on the ground that information with respect thereto, or damage thereto, would be useful to an enemy.

## Signature

Dated this 23rd day of September, 1955.
James Stuart
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
St. Andrew's House
Edinburgh, 1

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The Works and Offices of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at Dounreay in the County of Caithness.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-prohibited-place-order-1955
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