
1 
This Order may be cited as the Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the day appointed for the coming into force of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”).
2 
The bodies which are set out in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order and the classes of members or employees of those bodies which are set out in the second column of that Schedule are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 12(1)(f) of the Act (definition of “Crown servant”).
3 
The offices which are set out in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order and the classes of employees of the holders of those offices which are set out in the second column of that Schedule are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 12(1)(g) of the Act (definition of “Crown servant”).
4 
The bodies which are set out in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order are hereby prescribed for the purposes of one or both of sections 7(5) and 8(9) of the Act as set out in the second column of that Schedule (so as to enable them, in the case of section 7(5), to give official authorisation for, or to impose official restrictions on, disclosures or, in the case of section 8(9), to give official directions for the return or disposal of documents).
David Waddington
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
9th February 1990
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2

British Nuclear Fuels plc The employees of the Company
The Board of the above The members of the Board
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority The members, officers and employees of the Authority
Urenco Limited The employees of the Company
The Board of the above The members of the Board
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3

Comptroller and Auditor General —
Member of staff of the National Audit Office —
Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland —
Member of staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office —
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration The officers of the Commissioner who are not otherwise Crown servants
Officer of the Health Service Commissioner for England or Scotland or Wales being an officer who is authorised by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration to perform any of his functions and who is not otherwise a Crown servant —
Northern Ireland Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration The officers of the Commissioner who are not otherwise Crown servants
A private secretary to the Sovereign —
SCHEDULE 3
Article 4

The Civil Aviation Authority Sections 7(5) and 8(9)
The Tribunal established under section 7 of the Interception of Communications Act 1985 Section 7(5)
The Tribunal established under section 5 of the Security Service Act 1989 Section 7(5)