UK Act of Parliament 2000 United Kingdom

Terrorism Act 2000

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Enforced by

FCA, SRA

What's here

57 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides · 3 journeys

Penalty landscape

6 of 57 obligations carry imprisonment (6 months). 39 carry different penalties and 12 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 45
  • Occupier 1

Plus 11 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

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Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Supporting — topic alignment

1 guides

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What this Act requires

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Part I — Introductory

Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part II — Proscribed Organisations

s.004

Deproscription: application.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must process deproscription applications Crown / Minister / Government department
s.011

Membership.

life imprisonment
  • Membership of a terrorist or banned organisation Any Person
s.012

Support.

14 years imprisonment
  • Support a proscribed terrorist organisation Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part III — Terrorist Property

s.015

Fund-raising.

14 years imprisonment
  • Invite, receive or provide funds for terrorism Any Person
s.016

Use and possession.

10 years imprisonment
  • Use or possess money/property for terrorism purposes Any Person
s.017

Insurance against payments made in response to terrorist demands

14 years imprisonment
  • Make insurance payment in response to terrorist demands Any Person
s.018

Money laundering.

14 years imprisonment
  • Facilitate retention or control of terrorist property Any Person
s.021

Failure to disclose: regulated sector

5 years imprisonment
  • Fail to disclose terrorism‑related information in regulated sector Any Person
s.021

Disclosures to the National Crime Agency

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Police must pass terrorism disclosures to the National Crime Agency Statutory regulator
s.021

Section 21CA: disclosure requests and notifications

Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Standardise information requests and notifications for terrorist financing Statutory regulator
s.021

Tipping off: regulated sector

2 years imprisonment
  • Disclose information that could prejudice a terrorism investigation Any Person
s.022

Code of practice about certain information orders

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must issue and maintain a code of practice Crown / Minister / Government department
s.023

Forfeiture: supplementary provisions

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Courts must consider financial impact and third-party interests before forfeiture Tribunal / Court
Browse 32 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.021

Protected disclosures

s.021

Voluntary disclosures within the regulated sector

s.021

Section 21CA: effect on disclosures under section 21A

s.021

Limitations on application of section 21CC(2) and (3)

s.021

Section 21CA: supplementary

s.021

Sections 21CA to 21CE: interpretation

s.021

Disclosures within an undertaking or group etc

s.021

Other permitted disclosures between institutions etc

s.021

Other permitted disclosures etc

s.021

Interpretation of sections 21D to 21G

s.021

Arrangements with prior consent

s.021

Disclosure after entering into arrangements

s.021

Reasonable excuse for failure to disclose

s.022

Meaning of “employment”

s.022

Information orders

s.022

Statements

s.022

Appeals

s.022

Supplementary

s.023

Forfeiture: other terrorism offences and offences with a terrorist connection

Part IV — Terrorist Investigations

s.036

Police powers.

3 months imprisonment
  • Fail to obey police cordon order Any Person
s.038

Information about acts of terrorism

10 years imprisonment
  • Fail to disclose terrorism‑related information Any Person
Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.037

Disclosure orders in relation to terrorist financing investigations

s.038

Account monitoring orders

Part V — Counter-terrorist Powers

s.047

Code of practice relating to sections 43, 43A , 43C and 47A

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must create a code of practice for counter-terrorism stop and search Crown / Minister / Government department
s.047

Alteration or replacement of code

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review and may update search power codes Crown / Minister / Government department
s.047

Publication of code

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must publish the code of practice Crown / Minister / Government department
s.047

Effect of code

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Police must follow the search powers code when exercising search powers Statutory regulator
s.049

Exercise of power.

  • Police may suspend parking places and place traffic signs Any Person
s.051

Offences.

3 months imprisonment
  • Park vehicle where prohibited or refuse police order to move Any Person
Browse 19 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.043

Search of vehicles

s.043

Terrorist offenders released on licence: arrest without warrant pending recall decision

s.043

Power to search terrorist offenders released on licence

s.043

Search of premises of offender released on licence for purposes connected with protection from risk of terrorism

s.043

Seizure and retention of items found in search under section 43C or 43D

s.047

Searches in specified areas or places

s.047

Issuing of code

Part VI — Miscellaneous

s.054

Weapons training.

life imprisonment
  • Provide or receive weapons training for terrorism Any Person
s.058

Eliciting, publishing or communicating information about members of armed forces etc

15 years imprisonment
  • Elicit, publish or communicate info about armed forces or police useful to terrorists Any Person
s.058

Entering or remaining in a designated area

10 years imprisonment
  • Enter or remain in a government-designated restricted area Any Person
s.059

England and Wales.

life imprisonment imprisonment
  • Incite another to commit terrorism abroad Any Person
s.060

Northern Ireland.

life imprisonment imprisonment
  • Incite terrorism abroad that would be an offence in Northern Ireland Any Person
s.061

Scotland.

Unlimited fine
  • Incite terrorism abroad (Scotland) Any Person
s.063

Terrorist attacks abroad by UK nationals or residents: jurisdiction

Life imprisonment
  • Involvement in overseas terrorist acts by UK nationals or residents Any Person
s.063

Terrorist attacks or threats abroad in connection with UK diplomatic premises etc : jurisdiction

Life imprisonment
  • Terrorist attacks or threats against UK diplomatic property abroad Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.058

Section 58B: designated areas

s.063

Other terrorist offences under this Act: jurisdiction

s.063

Terrorist attacks abroad on UK nationals, residents and diplomatic staff etc : jurisdiction

s.063

Sections 63B to 63D: supplementary

s.063

Counter-terrorism financial investigators

Part VII — Northern Ireland

s.104

Police powers: records.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Police must record the use of counter-terrorism powers in Northern Ireland Statutory regulator
Browse 35 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part VIII — General

s.120

Offences in relation to counter-terrorism financial investigators

51 weeks imprisonment
  • Assault or obstruct a counter‑terrorism financial investigator Any Person
Browse 11 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.120

Supplementary powers of forfeiture

s.120

Enforcement of orders in other parts of United Kingdom

Schedules

s.sch005a

Terrorist financing investigations: disclosure orders

51 weeks imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with a disclosure order Any Person
s.sch006

Financial Information

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to provide required customer information to a terrorist investigation order Any Person
s.sch012

Compensation

5 years imprisonment
  • Obtain compensation by deception Any Person
Browse 14 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
s.sch003a

REGULATED SECTOR AND SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES

s.sch006a

ACCOUNT MONITORING ORDERS

s.sch006b

Searches in specified areas or places: supplementary

s.sch008a

Offence under section 58A: supplementary provisions

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