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Terrorism Bill

This is the text of the Terrorism Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 2nd December 1999.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office and the Northern Ireland Office, are published separately as HC Bill 10- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Straw has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Terrorism Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

 
  
Terrorism Bill
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I
INTRODUCTORY
Clause 
1.Terrorism: interpretation.
2.Temporary legislation.

PART II
PROSCRIBED ORGANISATIONS
Procedure
3.Proscription.
4.Deproscription: application.
5.Deproscription: appeal.
6.Further appeal.
7.Appeal: effect on conviction.
8.Human Rights Act 1998.
9.Immunity.

Offences
10.Membership.
11.Support.
12.Uniform.

PART III
TERRORIST PROPERTY
Interpretation
13.Terrorist property.

Offences
14.Fund-raising.
15.Use and possession.
16.Funding arrangements.
17.Money laundering.
18.Disclosure of information: duty.
19.Disclosure of information: permission.
20.Cooperation with police.
21.Penalties.
22.Forfeiture.

Seizure of terrorist cash
23.Interpretation.
24.Seizure and detention.
25.Continued detention.
26.Detained cash.
27.Forfeiture.
28.Forfeiture: appeal.
29.Treatment of forfeited cash.
30.Rules of court.

PART IV
TERRORIST INVESTIGATIONS
Interpretation
31.Terrorist investigation.

Cordons
32.Cordoned areas.
33.Power to designate.
34.Duration.
35.Police powers.

Information and evidence
36.Powers.
37.Disclosure of information, &;.

PART V
COUNTER-TERRORIST POWERS
Suspected terrorists
38.Terrorist: interpretation.
39.Arrest without warrant.
40.Search of premises.
41.Search of persons.

Power to stop and search
42.Authorisations.
43.Exercise of power.
44.Duration of authorisation.
45.Offences.

Parking
46.Authorisations.
47.Exercise of power.
48.Duration of authorisation.
49.Offences.
50.Interpretation.

Port and border controls
51.Port and border controls.

PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Terrorist offences
52.Weapons training.
53.Weapons training: interpretation.
54.Directing terrorist organisation.
55.Possession for terrorist purposes.
56.Collection of information.

Inciting terrorism overseas
57.England and Wales.
58.Northern Ireland.
59.Scotland.

Terrorist bombing offences
60.Jurisdiction.
61.Extradition.

PART VII
NORTHERN IRELAND
Scheduled offences
62.Scheduled offence: interpretation.
63.Preliminary inquiry.
64.Limitation of power to grant bail.
65.Bail: legal aid.
66.Maximum period of remand in custody.
67.Young persons: custody on remand, &;c.
68.Directions under section 67.
69.Time limits for preliminary proceedings.
70.Time limits: supplementary.
71.Court for trial.
72.Mode of trial on indictment.
73.Admission in trial on indictment.
74.Possession: onus of proof.
75.Young persons: sentence.
76.Restricted remission.
77.Conviction during remission.

Powers of arrest, search, &;c.
78.Arrest of suspected terrorists: power of entry.
79.Arrest and seizure: constables.
80.Arrest and seizure: armed forces.
81.Munitions and transmitters.
82.Explosives inspectors.
83.Unlawfully detained persons.
84.Examination of documents.
85.Examination of documents: procedure.
86.Power to stop and question.
87.Power of entry.
88.Taking possession of land, &;c.
89.Road closure: permission.
90.Sections 88 and 89: supplementary.
91.Road closure: direction.
92.Sections 78 to 91: supplementary.

Miscellaneous
93.Preservation of the peace: regulations.
94.Port and border controls.
95.Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures.
96.Police and army powers: code of practice.
97.Video recording: code of practice.
98.Codes of practice: supplementary.
99.Compensation.
100.Terrorist information.
101.Police powers: records.
102.Powers.

Specified organisations
103.Specified organisations: interpretation.
104.Proscribed organisations: evidence.
105.Proscribed organisations: inferences.
106.Sections 104 and 105: supplementary.
107.Forfeiture orders.

Duration of Part VII
108.Expiry and revival.
109.Transitional provisions.

PART VIII
GENERAL
110.Police powers.
111.Officers' powers.
112.Powers to stop and search.
113.Consent to prosecution.
114.Crown servants, regulators, &;c.
115.Evidence.
116.Interpretation.
117.Index of defined expressions.
118.Orders and regulations.
119.Directions.
120.Amendments and repeals.
121.Money.
122.Commencement.
123.Transitional provisions.
124.Extent.
125.Short title.
 

SCHEDULES:
    Schedule 1-Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996.
    Schedule 2-Proscribed Organisations.
    Schedule 3-The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission.
    Schedule 4-Forfeiture Orders.
    Part I-England and Wales.
    Part II-Scotland.
    Part III-Northern Ireland.
    Part IV-Insolvency: United Kingdom Provisions.
    Schedule 5-Terrorist Investigations.
    Part I-England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
    Part II-Scotland.
    Schedule 6-Port and Border Controls.
    Schedule 7-Detention.
    Part I-Treatment of persons detained under section 39 or Schedule 6.
    Part II-Review of detention under section 39.
    Part III-Extension of detention under section 39.
    Schedule 8-Scheduled Offences.
    Part I-Substantive Offences.
    Part II-Inchoate and Related Offences.
    Part III-Extra-Territorial Offences.
    Schedule 9-Munitions and Transmitters: Search and Seizure.
    Schedule 10-Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland.
    Schedule 11-Compensation.
    Schedule 12-Exercise of Officers' Powers.
    Schedule 13-Consequential Amendments.
    Schedule 14-Repeals.
    Part I-Acts.
    Part II-Orders.
 

 
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