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4(1)The following provisions do not apply to a recognised news publisher—

(a)section 69(3) (requirement to register foreign influence arrangements);

(b)section 71(2) or (3) (offence of carrying out activities under unregistered foreign influence arrangement);

(c)section 78(2) (offence of carrying out political influence activities tainted by false information).

(2)The following provisions do not apply to a person who is not a recognised news publisher, where the foreign influence arrangement in question is a news-related foreign influence arrangement—

(a)section 69(3) (requirement to register foreign influence arrangements);

(b)section 71(2) or (3) (offence of carrying out activities under unregistered foreign influence arrangement);

(c)section 78(2) (offence of carrying out political influence activities tainted by false information).

(3)A “news-related foreign influence arrangement” is a foreign influence arrangement made between a person and a foreign power who is a recognised news publisher where the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the arrangement is the publication of news-related material.

(4)In this paragraph “news-related material”, “publish”, and “recognised news publisher” have the meaning given by paragraph 5.

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I1Sch. 15 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)

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