ANNEX IV: DOMESTIC CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Criminal measures
Terrorism Act 2000
Criminalises the withholding of terror related information: Section 38(B): maximum
sentence 10 years.
Criminalises the membership and directing of a ‘proscribed organisation’: Part II, Section
11; and Part VI, Section 56; the maximum sentence is life imprisonment.
Criminalises the expressions of support for a proscribed organisation, Part II, Section 12;
the maximum sentence is 10 years.
Publishing images picturing items of clothing or other articles that arouse suspicion that
the one is a member of a proscribed organisation is an offence: Part II, Section 13; carrying
a maximum sentence of six months.
Criminalises the receiving, giving or inviting to weapons training: Part VI, Section 54;
carrying a sentence of up to life.
Criminalisation of financial support of terrorism, including fundraising for the (presumed)
cause of terrorism: Part II, Section 16 and 17; and laundering of money: Part II, Section 18.
This carries a maximum sentence of 14 years: Part II, Section 22.
Possessing items suspected to be for use in terrorist acts is an offence: Part VI, Section 57.
Criminalisation of collecting or possessing information likely to be used for an act of
terrorism: Part VI, Section 58: carrying a sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment.
Travelling to certain foreign areas is criminalised: Part VI, Section 58-58a.
Individuals suspected of being a terrorist can be arrested by a constable or a member of
the armed forces without warrant. Detention resulting from such an arrest can last up to
48h: Part V, Section 41. Searches of person, property, and vehicles are also permissible if
terrorism is suspected: Part V, Sections 42- 43A and Part VII, Section 81-83.
Terrorism Act 2006
Criminalisation of inducement or encouragement to terrorist acts: Part 1, Section 2.
Receiving, giving, or inviting to skills training capable of being used for purposes of
terrorism is an offence: Part 1, Section 6.
Longer and more restrictive pre-trial detention applies to those arrested under Section 41
Terrorism Act 2000, the period can be extended to 28 days: Part II, Section 23.
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Harsher sentences of terrorist offences including extended sentences and restricted
eligibility for release (S 226A, 226B, 247A, 306, 19ZA).
Terrorist Offenders (restriction of Early Release) Act 2020
Automatic early release no longer applies to those convicted of terrorist offences.
Approval from the parole board is now required (s1, s2).
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