| Guvnor

Enforced by: Home Office
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 8 of 8 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Contractor5 Any Person3

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Contractor — also bound by 173 other Acts

The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 141 duties

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 136 duties

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 114 duties

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 94 duties

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 89 duties

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.001 Security and intelligence. Imprisonment

Unauthorised disclosure of security or intelligence informationContractor

s.002 Defence. Imprisonment

Make unauthorized disclosures of national defence informationContractor

s.003 International relations. Imprisonment

Make a damaging disclosure regarding international relationsContractor

s.004 Crime and special investigation powers. Imprisonment

Unlawfully disclose crime or investigation informationContractor

s.005 Information resulting from unauthorised disclosures or entrusted in confidence. Imprisonment

Unlawfully disclose protected government informationAny Person

s.006 Information entrusted in confidence to other States or international organisations. Imprisonment

Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive international informationAny Person

s.008 Safeguarding of information. Imprisonment

Fail to safeguard protected or official informationContractor

s.010 Penalties. Imprisonment

Unauthorised disclosure or mishandling of official secretsAny Person

8 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.007 Authorised disclosures.

s.009 Prosecutions.

s.011 Arrest, search and trial.

s.012 “Crown servant” and “government contractor”.

s.013 Other interpretation provisions.

s.014 Orders.

s.015 Acts done abroad and extent.

s.016 Short title, citation, consequential amendments, repeals, revocation and commencement.

Schedules

0 of 5 shown

5 other schedules

s.001 Consequential Amendments

s.sch001 In each of the following provisions— (a) section 11(2)(b) of...

s.sch001 In section 22(6) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act...

s.sch001 Any provision in a public service pension scheme (within the...

s.sch002 Repeals and Revocation

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Export controlled goods and dual-use items

Compliance-critical guidance for exporting military items, dual-use technology, or goods subject to sanctions - with penalties up to 10 years imprisonment

2 more guides that reference this instrument

Defence Security Clearances UK Export Controls for Defence Products

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.