Prospective

Part 4 U.K.Foreign activities and foreign influence registration scheme

Activities of specified persons U.K.

66 Meaning of “specified person” U.K.

(1) “Specified person” means—

(a) a foreign power specified by the Secretary of State in regulations;

(b) a person, other than a foreign power, specified by the Secretary of State in regulations.

(2) The regulations may specify a person other than a foreign power only if—

(a) the person is not an individual, and

(b) the Secretary of State reasonably believes the person is controlled by a foreign power.

(3) Schedule 13 makes provision about when a person is controlled by a foreign power.

(4) The Secretary of State may make regulations specifying a foreign power or a person other than a foreign power only if the Secretary of State considers it reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.

(5) Regulations specifying a foreign power or a person other than a foreign power may provide for section 65(4) to apply, with modifications specified in the regulations, in relation to a foreign activity arrangement made with the specified person before the regulations come into force.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 66 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)