ANNEX : PRINCIPAL MEASURES IN THE BILL
Asylum & immigration:
- Power to detain persons certified to be suspected
international terrorists (clauses 21-23).
- Provision to enable rejection of asylum claims
made by persons certified to be excluded from the protection of
Art.33(1) of the Refugee Convention (i.e., because they
are a threat to national security) (clauses 33-34).
- Removal of judicial review (clauses 29 and 33(8)).
Data-sharing and retention of communications data
- Provision to allow passenger information records
to be supplied to law enforcement agencies (clause 117 and Sched.14)
- Removal of barriers which prevent customs and
revenue officers providing information to law enforcement agencies
in their fight against terrorism (clauses 17-19)
- Provision to enable communication service providers
to retain records of calls and other data (clauses 101 - 105)
Racial and religious offences
- Extension of incitement to include religious
as well as racial hatred (clauses 36 - 38)
- Provision to increase the maximum penalty for
both offences, from two to seven years imprisonment (clauses
40 -41)
- Extension of racially-aggravated offences to
include aggravation by religious factors (clause 39)
Hoaxers
- New offences for anyone guilty of using noxious
substances to cause harm and intimidate and anyone guilty of hoaxes
or threats involving noxious substances, with a maximum penalty
of seven years' imprisonment (clauses 111 - 113)
Third Pillar
- Enabling power for implementation of the third
pillar (clause 109)
Identification
- Extended powers for police to demand the removal
of facial covering and gloves for the purpose of identification
(clauses 88 - 94)
- Retention of fingerprints taken in immigration
and asylum cases for up to ten years (clause 35)
Financial
- Powers to prevent terrorists from gaining access
to their money, powers to monitor bank accounts and to seize cash
in-country (Part 1 and Schedules 1 - 2)
- Extended powers to freeze assets (Part 2 and
Schedule 3)
- Strict reporting obligations on the financial
sector including offence of failing to report transaction where
a bank knows or suspects funds may be intended for terrorist purposes
(Part 2 and Schedule 2, part 3, para.5)
Other
- Measures to close existing gaps in legislation
relating to biological and chemical weapons (Part 6)
- Measures to control the security of pathogens
and toxins (Part 7)
- Measures to reinforce and update the regulatory
regime for security in the nuclear industry (Part 8)
- Measures to strengthen security at airports and
for passengers, both within restricted areas and aboard aircraft
(Part 9)
- Expansion of the jurisdiction of British Transport
Police, together with those working on enforcement from the MOD
and Atomic Energy Agency (clauses 97-100)
- Measures to strengthen the law on international
corruption (Part 12)
- Re-introduction of offence of failing to disclose
information (clause 115)
- Other miscellaneous amendments to the Terrorism
Act 2000 and the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (clauses 114,
116-119)
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