That certainly crept in under the human rights / freedom of speech radar, didn't it?
I wonder how much of what (say) Rupert Lowe or even Nigel Farage get up to could potentially fall under this provision? And what about Israeli security forces, which are rather more intrusive than most?
Can we expect to see action against pro-Russian (or even pro-US) influencers?
Forgive my ignorance but I had naively assumed that in the drafting of this legislation the wise people in the HOL would have conjectured what sort of behaviour would have possibly been considered illegal under this act.
For the sake of argument, an ex foreign secretary visiting a foreign country in bizarre circumstances without a security detail might quite easily fall foul of section 3 (2)
Presumably the legislation is not retrospective. Maybe the drafters wanted to make sure that such like behaviour would not be tolerated in future.
This sounds like anyone providing any service to the public would be guilty of this offence.
Operating a international flight? You should have been aware that foreign intelligence services could be using it for covertly sending operatives into the country.
Running a sandwich shop near Whitehall? How do you know that none of your customers is not a Chinese spy?
That certainly crept in under the human rights / freedom of speech radar, didn't it?
I wonder how much of what (say) Rupert Lowe or even Nigel Farage get up to could potentially fall under this provision? And what about Israeli security forces, which are rather more intrusive than most?
Can we expect to see action against pro-Russian (or even pro-US) influencers?
Forgive my ignorance but I had naively assumed that in the drafting of this legislation the wise people in the HOL would have conjectured what sort of behaviour would have possibly been considered illegal under this act.
For the sake of argument, an ex foreign secretary visiting a foreign country in bizarre circumstances without a security detail might quite easily fall foul of section 3 (2)
Presumably the legislation is not retrospective. Maybe the drafters wanted to make sure that such like behaviour would not be tolerated in future.
This sounds like anyone providing any service to the public would be guilty of this offence.
Operating a international flight? You should have been aware that foreign intelligence services could be using it for covertly sending operatives into the country.
Running a sandwich shop near Whitehall? How do you know that none of your customers is not a Chinese spy?
I might be missing something here?