Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

11 National security

(1) Section 193 of the 1996 Act (national security) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) Part IVA,

(bc) in Part V, section 47B,”.

(3) After subsection (3) of that section there is inserted—

“(4) Part IVA and sections 47B and 103A do not have effect in relation to employment for the purposes of the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or the Government Communications Headquarters.”