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Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 wholly in force at 1.4.2000: Sch. 8 partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 130(1); specified provisions of Sch. 8 in force at 6.5.1999, 20.5.1999, 1.7.1999 and 1.4.2000 by S.I. 1998/3178, arts. 2(2), 3.
26(1)Section 12 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (meaning of “Crown servant” and “government contractor” for the purposes of that Act) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—
“(aa)a member of the Scottish Executive or a junior Scottish Minister;”.
(3)In subsection (2)(a), after “above,” there is inserted “ of any office-holder in the Scottish Administration, ”.
(4)After subsection (3) there is inserted—
“(4)In this section “office-holder in the Scottish Administration” has the same meaning as in section 126(7)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998.”.