Legislation – National Security Act 2023
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Part 1Espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers
Entering and inspecting places used for defence etc
8Power to designate additional sites as prohibited places
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations designate—
(a)
land or a building situated in the United Kingdom or the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, or
(b)
a vehicle,
as a prohibited place.
(2)
The power in subsection (1) may be exercised only if, having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (3), the Secretary of State reasonably considers it necessary to do so in order to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.
(3)
Those matters are—
(a)
the purpose for which the land or building or vehicle is used;
(b)
the nature of any information held, stored or processed on the land or in the building or vehicle;
(c)
the nature of any technology, equipment or material located on the land or in the building or vehicle.
(4)
The power in subsection (1) may be exercised in relation to—
(a)
a description of land or buildings, or
(b)
a description of vehicle,
as well as in relation to particular land or buildings or a particular vehicle.
(5)
In this section “building” includes any part of a building.