PART 7Exceptions and licences
Exception for acts done for purposes of national security or prevention of serious crime63
1
Where an act would, in the absence of this paragraph, be prohibited by regulation 9(2)(confidentiality) or any prohibition in Part 3 (Finance) or 5 (Trade), or under or by virtue of Part 6 (Ships) that prohibition does not apply to the act if the act is one which a responsible officer has determined would be in the interests of—
a
national security, or
b
the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
2
Where, in the absence of this paragraph, a thing would be required to be done under or by virtue of a provision of Part 8 (Information and records) or Part 10 (Maritime enforcement), that requirement does not apply if a responsible officer has determined that not doing the thing in question would be in the interests of—
a
national security, or
b
the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
3
In this regulation “responsible officer” means a person in the service of the Crown or holding office under the Crown, acting in the course of that person’s duty.