# The Official Secrets (Prohibited Places) (Amendment) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/863 · made 24 March 1993

Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1911, as amended, defines the expression “prohibited place” for the purposes of that Act, and paragraph (c) of that section enables certain places not otherwise within the definition to be declared prohibited places by Order.

Made under: 1911 c. 28 (Section 3)

## Introductory text

OFFICIAL SECRETS
Made 24th March 1993
Coming into force 26th March 1993
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 3(c) of the Official Secrets Act 1911, I hereby make the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Official Secrets (Prohibited Places) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 26th March 1993.

## 2 

The Official Secrets (Prohibited Places) Order 1975 shall be amended by adding to Part I of the Schedule to that Order the place specified in the Schedule to this Order, being a site to which a permit applies within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965.

## Signature

Kenneth Clarke
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
24th March 1993

## 

The Urenco (Capenhurst) Limited site at Capenhurst, near Chester, Cheshire CH1 6ER

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1911, as amended, defines the expression “prohibited place” for the purposes of that Act, and paragraph (c) of that section enables certain places not otherwise within the definition to be declared prohibited places by Order.
This Order amends the Official Secrets (Prohibited Places) Order 1975 by adding the place specified in the Schedule to those declared to be prohibited places for the purposes of the 1911 Act.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/863 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-prohibited-places-amendment-order-1993
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.