Part 4: Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Schedule 15: Exemptions Foreign powers
Paragraph 2 disapplies a number of the registration requirements and prohibitions in FIRS to foreign powers.  This includes the requirement to register a foreign activity or foreign influence arrangement, the offence of carrying out activities under an unregistered foreign activity or foreign influence arrangement and the offence of carrying out activities tainted by false information.
	This exemption (and those provided by paragraph 3 are designed to protect privileges and immunities which apply in international law as provided by, for example, the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations. They have also been designed to ensure that they do not interfere with the ability of the UK government to maintain bilateral or multilateral relationships with foreign powers.