Visiting Forces Act

Marginal note:Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act applicable

20 Subject to section 21, the Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act applies and shall be construed as applying in respect of a designated state as though

• (a) a reference in that Act to office under Her Majesty included any office or employment in or under any department or branch of the government of a designated state;

• (b) a reference in that Act to prohibited place included

  • (i) any work of defence belonging to or occupied or used by or on behalf of a designated state including arsenals, armed forces establishments or stations, factories, dockyards, mines, minefields, camps, ships, aircraft, telegraph, telephone, wireless or signal stations or offices, and places, other than diplomatic premises of designated states, used for the purpose of building, repairing, making or storing any munitions of war or any sketches, plans, models or documents relating thereto, or for the purpose of getting any metals, oil or minerals of use in time of war, and

  • (ii) any place, not belonging to a designated state, where any munitions of war or any sketches, plans, models or documents relating thereto are being made, repaired, obtained or stored under contract with, or with any person on behalf of, a designated state, or otherwise on behalf of a designated state;

• (c) a reference in that Act to safety or interests of the state or to interest of the state or to public interest included the safety and security interests of a designated state;

• (d) a reference in that Act to contract made on behalf of Her Majesty included a contract made on behalf of a designated state;

• (e) the expression appointed by or acting under the authority of Her Majesty in that Act included the expression “appointed by or acting under the authority of the government of a designated state”; and

• (f) a reference in that Act to any member of Her Majesty’s forces included a member of the visiting force of a designated state.