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<Text>A person shall not disclose, or be required by virtue of any statutory provision or otherwise to disclose, anything done by virtue of this Article if the Secretary of State has notified him that he is of the opinion that disclosure of that thing is against the interests of national security.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/3336/article/294/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/3336/article/294/9" id="article-294-9">
<Pnumber>9</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any person who discloses any matter in contravention of paragraph (8) shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c20621561" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02197" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/3336/article/294" SectionRef="article-294">Art. 294</CitationSubRef>
wholly in operation at 1.4.2007, see
<CitationSubRef id="c02198" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/3336/article/1/2" SectionRef="article-1-2">art. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/194" id="c02199" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2007" Number="194">S.R. 2007/194</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02200" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/194/article/2/2" CitationRef="c02199" SectionRef="article-2-2" Operative="true">art. 2(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02201" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/194/schedule/1/part/II" CitationRef="c02199" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-II">Sch. 1 Pt. II</CitationSubRef>
(subject to
<CitationSubRef id="c02202" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/194/article/3" CitationRef="c02199" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02203" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/194/schedule/2" CitationRef="c02199" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>