Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:Official_Secrets_Act_1911
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
government contractors
members of the armed forces Crown servants United Kingdom civil servants |
| gptkbp:beganIn |
1 March 1990
|
| gptkbp:citation |
1989 c. 6
|
| gptkbp:criminalizes |
unauthorised disclosure of official information
|
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1989
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Official Secrets Act 1989
|
| gptkbp:longTitle |
An Act to replace section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 by provisions protecting more limited classes of official information.
|
| gptkbp:notableCase |
gptkb:Clive_Ponting_case
gptkb:David_Shayler_case gptkb:Katharine_Gun_case gptkb:Sarah_Tisdall_case |
| gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent |
11 May 1989
|
| gptkbp:relatedLegislation |
gptkb:Official_Secrets_Act_1911
gptkb:Official_Secrets_Act_1988 gptkb:Official_Secrets_Act_1920 gptkb:Official_Secrets_Act_1939 |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
false
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Official_Secrets_Act_1911
|
| gptkbp:section |
Section 10: Penalties
Section 11: Proceedings Section 12: Interpretation Section 13: Short title, commencement and extent Section 1: Security and intelligence Section 2: Defence Section 3: International relations Section 4: Crime and special investigation powers Section 7: Authorised disclosures Section 8: Safeguards for information Section 9: Restrictions on prosecutions Section 6: Information entrusted in confidence to other states or international organisations Section 5: Information resulting from unauthorised disclosures or entrusted in confidence |
| gptkbp:subject |
national security
government secrecy official information |
| gptkbp:territory |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:website |
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/6/contents
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Crown_Servant
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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