This bill creates new criminal offences for espionage, sabotage, and foreign interference, establishes a foreign influence registration scheme, and gives authorities powers to impose prevention measures on people suspected of foreign power threat activity.
Make provision about threats to national security from espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers; about the extra-territorial application of Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; about the award of damages in proceedings relating to national security and the payment of damages at risk of being used for the purposes of terrorism; about the availability of legal aid to persons connected with terrorism; and for connected purposes.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Priti Patel, Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Introduced: 2022-05-11
Royal Assent: 2023-07-11