Official Secrets Act 1989

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The Official Secrets Act 1989 is a UK law that criminalizes the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government and security information by officials, journalists, and others.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
administeredBy UK government ⓘ
amends Official Secrets Act 1911 ⓘ
appliesTo Crown servants ⓘ
government contractors ⓘ
members of the security and intelligence services ⓘ
other persons receiving official information in confidence ⓘ
appliesToInformation defence information ⓘ
information useful to criminals or terrorists ⓘ
international relations information ⓘ
security and intelligence information ⓘ
canAffect civil servants ⓘ
journalists ⓘ
members of the armed forces ⓘ
citation 1989 c. 6 ⓘ
commencementDate 1989-08-01 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criminalizes unauthorized disclosure of official information ⓘ
definesOffence disclosure relating to crime and special investigation powers ⓘ
disclosure relating to defence ⓘ
disclosure relating to international relations ⓘ
disclosure relating to security or intelligence ⓘ
further disclosure of protected information ⓘ
unauthorized disclosure by government contractors ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
maximumPenaltyOnIndictment 2 years imprisonment ⓘ
fine ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
purpose to protect sensitive official information from unauthorized disclosure ⓘ
region England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
relatedLegislation Official Secrets Act 1911 ⓘ
Official Secrets Act 1920 ⓘ
Official Secrets Act 1939 ⓘ
removesDefence public interest defence ⓘ
repealed false ⓘ
replaced Official Secrets Act 1911 section 2 ⓘ
replacesMensReaStandardOf Official Secrets Act 1911 section 2 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1989-05-11 ⓘ
section section 1 ⓘ
section 10 ⓘ
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section 2 ⓘ
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shortTitle Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
subjectMatter government information ⓘ
national security ⓘ
official secrets ⓘ
state security ⓘ
yearEnacted 1989 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British press → subjectTo → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
British intelligence → legalFramework → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston → subjectTo → Official Secrets Act (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Official Secrets Act 1989
Official Secrets Act 1989 → shortTitle → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
Official Secrets Act 1989 → replaced → Official Secrets Act 1911 section 2 ⓘ
linked to: Official Secrets Act 1989
Security Service Act 1989 → relatedTo → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
Official Secrets Act 1920 → relatedTo → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
Official Secrets Act 1911 → partiallyRepealedBy → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
Official Secrets Act 1911 → relatedLegislation → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom 1987–1992 → enacted → Official Secrets Act 1989 ⓘ