Official Secrets Act 1989

Section 16(3).

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Consequential Amendments

1 In each of the following provisions—

(a) section 11(2)(b) of the M1 Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967;

(b) section 11(2)(b) of the M2 Parliamentary Commissioner Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

(c) section 12(2)(b) of the M3 Commissioner for Complaints Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

(d) paragraph 16(4)(b)(ii) of Schedule 16 to the M4 Social Security Act 1973;

(e) section 32(2)(b) of the M5 Local Government Act 1974;

(f) section 30(2)(b) of the M6 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;

(g) paragraph 16(4)(b)(ii) of Schedule 3 to the M7 Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

F1 (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) regulation 35(2)(a)(ii) of the M8 Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting out) Regulations 1984;

(k) regulation 32(2)(a)(ii) of the M9 Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985,

for the words “the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939” there shall be substituted the words “ the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989 ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 1(h) repealed (5.2.1994) by 1993 c. 46, ss. 20(2), 22(4), Sch. 3 (with s. 3(4)).

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 13.

M2 1969 c. 10. (N.I.).

M3 1969 c. 25. (N.I.).

M4 1973 c. 38.

M5 1974 c. 7.

M6 1975 c. 30.

M7 S.I. 1975/1503 (N.I. 15).

M8 S.I. 1984/380

M9 S.R. 1985 No. 259.

[F2 2 U.K. In section 22(6) of the M10 Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 for the words “the Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1920” there shall be substituted the words “the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989”.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 2 repealed (N.I.) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), s. 70(4), Sch. 8 Pt. I.

Marginal Citations

M10 1978 c. 5.

3 In paragraph (b) of section 9(4) of the M11 Interception of Communications Act 1985 the words “or 2” shall be omitted and after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(bb) an offence under section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 relating to any such information, document or article as is mentioned in subsection (3)(a) of that section;”.

Marginal Citations

M11 1985 c. 56.

4 Any provision in a public service pension scheme (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1973 or the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975) which has effect in relation to conviction of an offence under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939 shall be construed as if the reference to such an offence included a reference to an offence under this Act.