An Act to replace section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 by provisions protecting more limited classes of official information.
[11th May 1989]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act extended with modifications (30.06.1992) by S.I. 1992/1301, art.2.
C2Act extended (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 53(4) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
Act extended (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 90(7) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
Act extended (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 92(7) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
C3Act extended (1.2.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 111, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 2(3) (with ss. 138(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/118, art. 2.
Act extended (1.7.999) by 1993 c. 46, Sch. 1A para. 2(2) (as inserted (1.7.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 17 (with ss. 138(2), 143(2))); S.I. 1999/1290, art. 4.
C4Act extended (1.3.1999) by S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21), art. 93(5); S.R. 1999/81, art. 3.
C5Act: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C6Act extended (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 1 para. 11(3); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
C7Act extended (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 1 para. 13(3); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
C8Act extended by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 145, Sch. 8 para. 7(6) (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(4)(5) of the amending Act.
C9Act extended by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 145, Sch. 8 para. 3(2) (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(4)(5) of the amending Act.
C10Act extended by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 92 (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(4)(5) of the amending Act.
C11Act modified (10.3.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 7 para. 6; S.I. 2014/251, art. 3(b)
C12Act extended (N.I.) (20.2.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 1(4)
C13Act extended (N.I.) (20.2.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)
C14Act: functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))