Policy paper: National Security Bill: factsheets

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February 12

15:51 2024

On Tuesday 11 July 2023, the National Security Bill received Royal Assent and will now be known as the National Security Act 2023.

These documents explain the details of the current National Security Bill on the following topics:

Published 6 June 2022
Last updated 12 February 2024 +show all updates

12 February 2024
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet: added a link to join the FIRS research panel.
13 July 2023
Updated following Royal Assent.
12 July 2023
Updated the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet.
28 March 2023
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet added.
13 March 2023
Removed Further details about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: National Security Bill factsheet as information at of date.
23 February 2023
Factsheet on National Security Bill and journalistic freedoms added.
10 January 2023
Updated the factsheet 'Further details about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme'.
20 December 2022
Addition of 'Further details about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: National Security Bill factsheet'.
8 September 2022
Following factsheets added: 'Receiving a material benefit from a foreign intelligence service', 'Financial and property investigation powers', 'Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS)' and 'Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS)'. The 'Police powers' factsheet has also been renamed to 'Powers of arrest and detention'.
6 June 2022
First published.