Part 1: Espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers Espionage etc Section 7: Meaning of "prohibited place"
This section defines a prohibited place for the purposes of sections 4 to 8. It includes Crown land and vehicles used for defence purposes, land or buildings used for weapons invention, development, production, operation, storage or disposal, land or buildings used by the UK Intelligence Services, and land, buildings or vehicles designated by regulations made under section 8.
	Crown land outlined in subsection (1)(a) is limited to land and buildings within the United Kingdom or in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The land or buildings referred to in subsection (1)(c) are also limited to those within the United Kingdom and Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
	Crown land used for the purposes of UK defence and the defence of a foreign country or territory under subsection 1(a)(i) and (iii) covers defence sites such as barracks, bases, naval dockyards, military headquarters etc.
	A vehicle used for defence purposes under subsection (1)(b) includes military transportation that is either sensitive in itself (for example, aircraft, vessels, submarines, tanks) or used for the purposes of transporting sensitive technology, equipment, or weaponry (i.e., trains or convoys transporting weaponry).
	Subsection (1)(d) sets out that land or buildings owned or controlled by, and used for the functions of, the United Kingdom’s Intelligence Services are prohibited places. In order to mirror the other provisions relating to land or buildings in subsection (1), this provision specifies that it is limited to any such land or buildings situated within the United Kingdom or the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
	Subsection (2) defines use for "UK defence purposes" in subsection (1).
	Subsection (3) defines use for the purposes of the "defence of a foreign country or territory" in subsection (1).
	Subsection (4) defines "Crown land" and "foreign country or territory" for the purposes of this section. It clarifies that references to "building" include any part of a building.