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Intelligence Services Act 1994
c. 13
(5) The Committee shall make an annual report on the discharge of
their functions to the Prime Minister and may at any time report to him
on any matter relating to the discharge of those functions.
(6) The Prime Minister shall lay before each House of Parliament a
copy of each annual report made by the Committee under subsection (5)
above together with a statement as to whether any matter has been
excluded from that copy in pursuance of subsection (7) below.
(7) If it appears to the Prime Minister, after consultation with the
Committee, that the publication of any matter in a report would be
prejudicial to the continued discharge of the functions of either of the
Services or, as the case may be, GCHQ, the Prime Minister may exclude
that matter from the copy of the report as laid before each House of
Parliament.
Supplementary
Interpretation and
1989 c. 5.
1I.—(l) In this Act—
(a) "the 1989 Act" means the Security Service Act 1989;
(b) "the Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under
(c)
1975c. 26.
(d)
1949 c. 54.
(e)
(f)
1971 c. 80.
1989 c. 6.
S.I. 1990/200.
Short title,
commencement
and extent.
section 8 above;
"Minister of the Crown" has the same meaning as in the
Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;
"senior official" in relation to a department is a reference to an
officer of or above Grade 3 or, as the case may require,
Diplomatic Service Senior Grade;
"wireless telegraphy" has the same meaning as in the Wireless
Telegraphy Act 1949 and, in relation to wireless telegraphy,
"interfere" has the same meaning as in that Act;
"working day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday
under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part
of the United Kingdom.
(2) In consequence of the preceding provisions of this Act, the 1989
Act, the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Official Secrets Act 1989
(Prescription) Order 1990 shall have effect subject to the amendments in
Schedule 4 to this Act.
12.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Services Act 1994.
.
(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State
may by an order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different
days may be so appointed for different provisions or different purposes.
(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the
provisions of this Act specified in the Order shall extend, with such
exceptions, adaptations and modifications as appear to Her to be
necessary or expedient, to the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands or
any colony.