Part 4Foreign activities and foreign influence registration scheme

Supplementary

83Interpretation

(1)

In this Part—

“foreign activity arrangement” has the meaning given by section 65;

“foreign influence arrangement” has the meaning given by section 69;

“foreign power” has the same meaning as in Part 1 (see section 32), subject to subsection (2);

“political influence activity” has the meaning given by section 70;

“registered activity” means an activity registered with the Secretary of State under section 68 or 72;

“registered arrangement” means an arrangement registered with the Secretary of State under section 65 or 69;

“specified person” has the meaning given by section 66.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part references in section 32 to a foreign State, or a foreign country or territory, do not include the Republic of Ireland.

(3)

For the purposes of this Part references to an “arrangement” do not include an arrangement between a person (“P”) and—

(a)

a person who holds office in or under, or is an employee or other member of staff of, P (acting in that capacity), or

(b)

a person the Secretary of State reasonably considers to be exercising functions on behalf of P as if the person were within paragraph (a).