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| | (b) | for subsection (2), substitute— |
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| | “(2) | A High Court judge may grant an application under subsection |
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| | terrorism for the authorisation to be renewed for a further period |
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| | not exceeding 24 hours.”; |
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| | (c) | for subsection (3), substitute— |
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| | “(3) | Where an authorisation has been given by a person listed in |
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| | the public to whom it is published as a direct or indirect encouragement or other |
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| | inducement to them to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of |
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| | terrorism or Convention offences. |
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| | (1) | A person commits an offence if— |
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| | (a) | he publishes a statement to which this section applies or causes another |
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| | (b) | at the time he does so, he intends the statement to be understood as |
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| | mentioned in subsection (A1) or is reckless as to whether or not it is |
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| | (1A) | For the purposes of this section the cases in which a person is to be taken as |
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| | subsection (A1) include any case in which he could not reasonably have failed to |
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| | the public to whom it is published as a direct or indirect encouragement or other |
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| | inducement to them to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of |
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| | terrorism or Convention offences. |
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| | (1) | A person commits an offence if— |
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| | (a) | he publishes a statement to which this section applies or causes another |
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| | (b) | at the time he does so, he intends the statement to be understood as |
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| the past, in the future or generally) of acts of terrorism or Convention offences, or causes |
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| another to publish a statement on his behalf; and |
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| | (b) | at the time he does so he— |
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| | (i) | knows or believes that members of the public to whom the |
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| | statement is addressed or is to be published will, or |
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| | (ii) | is recklessly indifferent to the likelihood that such persons |
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| | ‘(b) | at the time he does so, he intends or is recklessly indifferent to the fact |
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| | that the publication will be understood as a direct or indirect |
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| | encouragement or inducement to the commission, preparation or |
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| | instigation of acts of terrorism or Convention offences.’. |
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| | (i) | he intends that the statement will have that effect, or |
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| | (ii) | he is reckless as to whether the statement will have that effect |
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| | upon reasonable members of the public.’. |
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| ‘how a statement is likely to be understood and what members of the public could |
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| ‘subsections (A1) to (2)— |
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| | (a) | whether the statement or how it is likely to be understood,’. |
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| | ‘(a) | the statement or how it is likely to be understood,’. |
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| | ‘(8A) | For the purposes of subsection 8(c), the publication, or part thereof, is to be |
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| | (a) | a constable has given him a notice under subsection (8B); |
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| | (b) | more than 2 days have elapsed after the day on which the notice was |
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| | (c) | the relevant person has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with |
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| | (8B) | A notice under this subsection is a notice which— |
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| | (a) | declares that, in the opinion of the constable giving it, the publication is |
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| | unlawfully terrorism-related; |
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| | (b) | requires the relevant person to secure that the publication, so far as it is |
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| | so related, is not available to the public or is modified so as no longer to |
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| | (c) | warns the relevant person that a failure to comply with the notice within |
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| | 2 days will result in the publication being regarded as having his |
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| | (d) | explains how, under subsection (8C), he may become liable by virtue of |
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| | the notice if the publication becomes available to the public after he has |
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| | (a) | a notice under subsection (8B) has been given to the relevant person in |
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| | respect of a publication, and he has complied with it, but |
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| | (b) | he subsequently publishes or causes to be published a publication which |
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| | is, or is for all practical purposes, the same or to the same effect as the |
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| | publication to which the notice related, or to matter contained in the |
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| | article or record to which it related, (a “repeat publication”); |
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| | | the requirements of subsection (8A)(a) to (c) shall be regarded as satisfied in the |
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| | case of the repeat publication in relation to the times of its subsequent publication |
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| | by the relevant person.’. |
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| | ‘(a) | that the publication, so far as it contained matter by reference to which it |
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| | was a terrorist publication within the meaning of subsection 2(1) (apart |
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| | from the possibility of his having been given and failed to comply with a |
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| | notice under subsection 3(3) below) neither expressed his own view nor |
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| | (b) | that the conduct in relation to that publication was not intended by him to |
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| | constitute a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the |
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| | commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism or to provide |
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| | or make available assistance to any person in the commission or |
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| | preparation of acts of terrorism.’. |
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| | ‘( ) | In a case in which the service provided electronically by a person— |
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| | (a) | consists only in transmitting or in storing information provided by others, |
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| | (b) | does not involve any selection or exercise of other editorial control over |
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| | the whole or any part of the contents of what is transmitted or stored or |
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| | any independent selection of the persons to whom those contents are |
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| | | the steps which it is reasonable for the purposes of subsection (5) for that person |
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| | to take do not include the monitoring of the contents of information transmitted |
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| | or stored by that person in the provision of that service or the taking of any other |
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| | steps to ascertain the contents of such information.’. |
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| | ‘( ) | In this section “working day” means any day other than— |
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| | (a) | a Saturday or a Sunday; |
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| | (b) | Christmas Day or Good Friday; or |
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| | (c) | a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings |
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| | Act 1971 (c. 80) in any part of the United Kingdom.’. |
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| | ‘(4A) | It shall be a defence to an offence under section 6(1), for the defendant to show |
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| | that he reported any suspicion to the police or in the case of an employee to his |
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| | employer or other person in authority over him.’. |
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| | ‘(7) | It shall be a defence to an offence under this section for the defendant to show that |
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| | his attendance at any place used for terrorist training was— |
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| | (a) | for the purpose of preventing the instruction or training taking place; or |
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| | (b) | for the purpose of gathering information about the instruction or training; |
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