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> Official Secrets act only applies to people who signed it. No it doesn't. It's a law, not a contract. They only get you to sign to it in order to remind you
by berkut 8y ago
> Official Secrets act only applies to people who signed it.
No it doesn't. It's a law, not a contract. They only get you to sign to it in order to remind you of the fact you're bound by it.
- noir_lord 8y agoSorry you are wrong. They have to either sign it or be notified that they are covered under it generally by employment contract that you sign. Without either of those you are not bound by it. > It is not necessary for a person to have signed the Official Secrets Act in order to be bound by it. The 1989 Act states that a person can be "notified" that he or she is bound by it; and Government employees will usually be informed via their contract of employment if they must observe the Act. [1] [1] https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7422 https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Sum... Since I've never signed it nor a contract notifying me that I'm bound by it, I'm not bound by it nor would a journalist be. This is how you end up in the somewhat funny situation of a government employee not been able to confirm something because they are covered but the person asking for confirmation not been.