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The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

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OFFICIAL SECRETS

This Order prescribes certain persons and bodies for the purposes of the Official Secrets Act 1989. The effect of the Order is that those persons who are prescribed, under articles 2 and 3, taken with Schedules 1 and 2 respectively, become Crown servants for all purposes of the Act. The relevant persons are those listed in the right-hand column of Schedule 1 and in both columns of Schedule 2. Accordingly, the information which they hold by virtue of their position as persons prescribed by this Order becomes information to which the Act applies if it otherwise falls within the relevant sections (1 to 4 and 8), and such persons will be treated as if they were Crown servants for the purposes of the provisions of the Act relating to the prosecution of offenders and the authorisation of disclosures. Three bodies are prescribed under article 4, taken with Schedule 3. The Order enables them for the purposes of the Act to authorise or restrict disclosures and also, in one case, to direct the return or disposal of documents.

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

art 2A

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) (Amendment) Order 2007

art 2

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004

art. 11(a)

art. 1

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004

art. 11(b)

art. 1

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004

art. 11(c)

art. 1

Sch. 2

art. 2(1)(b)

art. 1(2)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) (Amendment) Order 2012

art. 2(2)

art. 1

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017

Sch. 1

para. 39(2)

art. 1(2)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Service Police (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2023

Sch. 2

para. 2

reg. 1(1)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023

art. 33(2)

Sch. 5

para. 39(2)

art. 1(2)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013

Sch. 2

para. 71(3)

art. 1(2)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Order

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021

art. 35(1)

(2)

Sch. 5

para. 39

art. 1(4)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999

art. 3

Sch. 1

para. 18

art. 1(2)(a)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Immigration Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

Sch.

para. 1

reg. 1

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Complaints of Maladministration) Order 1999

art. 17(8)

art. 3

art. 1

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Order

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024

art. 5

Sch. 1

para. 39

art. 1(2)

The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990

Sch. 2

The Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Order 2006

Gorchymyn Deddf Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus (Cymru) 2005 (Darpariaethau Trosiannol a Diwygiadau Canlyniadol) 2006

art. 3

Sch. 2

para. 1

art. 4

art. 1(1)

SCHEDULE 2PRESCRIPTIONS: SECTION 12(1)(g)

Article 3

Comptroller and Auditor General	—
Member of staff of the National Audit Office	—
Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland	—
Member of staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office	—
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration	The officers of the Commissioner who are not otherwise Crown servants
Officer of the Health Service Commissioner for England or Scotland or Wales being an officer who is authorised by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration to perform any of his functions and who is not otherwise a Crown servant	—
Northern Ireland Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration	The officers of the Commissioner who are not otherwise Crown servants
A private secretary to the Sovereign	—