Terrorism Bill

House of Lords

Session 1999-2000
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Terrorism Bill

A
B I L L
TO
Make provision about terrorism; and to make temporary provision for Northern Ireland about the prosecution and punishment of certain offences, the preservation of peace and the maintenance of order.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

PART I

INTRODUCTORY

Terrorism: interpretation.     1. - (1) In this Act "terrorism" means the use or threat, for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause, of action which-

(a) involves serious violence against any person or property,

(b) endangers the life of any person, or

(c) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public.

    (2) In subsection (1)-

(a) "action" includes action outside the United Kingdom,

(b) a reference to any person or to property is a reference to any person, or to property, wherever situated, and

(c) a reference to the public includes a reference to the public of a country other than the United Kingdom.

    (3) In this Act a reference to action taken for the purposes of terrorism includes a reference to action taken for the benefit of a proscribed organisation.

Temporary legislation.     2. - (1) The following shall cease to have effect-

(a) the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, and

(b) the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996.

    (2) Schedule 1 (which preserves certain provisions of the 1996 Act, in some cases with amendment, for a transitional period) shall have effect.

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Terrorism Bill

	A B I L L TO Make provision about terrorism; and to make temporary provision for Northern Ireland about the prosecution and punishment of certain offences, the preservation of peace and the maintenance of order. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
	PART I
	INTRODUCTORY
Terrorism: interpretation.	1. - (1) In this Act "terrorism" means the use or threat, for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause, of action which-
	(a) involves serious violence against any person or property,
	(b) endangers the life of any person, or
	(c) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public.
	(2) In subsection (1)-
	(a) "action" includes action outside the United Kingdom,
	(b) a reference to any person or to property is a reference to any person, or to property, wherever situated, and
	(c) a reference to the public includes a reference to the public of a country other than the United Kingdom.
	(3) In this Act a reference to action taken for the purposes of terrorism includes a reference to action taken for the benefit of a proscribed organisation.
Temporary legislation.	2. - (1) The following shall cease to have effect-
	(a) the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, and
	(b) the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996.
	(2) Schedule 1 (which preserves certain provisions of the 1996 Act, in some cases with amendment, for a transitional period) shall have effect.