Part 4: Foreign Activities and Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Schedule 15: Exemptions UK arrangements and agreements
Paragraph 1(1) provides that the requirements to register a foreign activity arrangement or foreign influence arrangement do not apply where the arrangement is a UK arrangement. This exemption seeks to ensure that the registration requirements do not disrupt routine activity involving the UK government where the links to foreign powers or specified persons will already be transparent.
	Paragraph 1(2) provides that the provisions of sections 68(1)-(3) and 72(1) do not apply where activities are carried out as part of a UK arrangement or UK agreement.
	Paragraph 1(3) defines what a UK arrangement means for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) and (2).
Example: A UK ‘arrangement’
The UK government launches a joint research project with another foreign government on combatting the effects of climate change. The foreign government and the UK invite a number of academic researchers to participate in a policy-making discussion with individuals such as UK senior civil servants or Government Ministers. This might, for example, involve discussing draft legislation, or a policy proposal related to climate change. In this situation the exemption would apply such that the academic researchers would not be required to register the arrangement. While they are in an arrangement with a foreign government, the UK is party to this arrangement.