SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Minor and consequential amendments

Official Secrets Act 1989 (c.6)

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1

Section 12 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

2

Subsection (1)(b) shall cease to have effect.

3

After subsection (4) insert—

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This Act shall apply to the following as it applies to persons falling within the definition of Crown servant—

a

the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland; and

b

Northern Ireland Ministers and junior Ministers.