Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28)

Version status: Partly in force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 26 November 2008

Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28)

	Introductory Text
	Part 1 Powers to gather and share information (ss. 1-21)
	Power to remove documents for examination (ss. 1-9)
	1. Power to remove documents for examination
	2. Offence of obstruction
	3. Items subject to legal privilege
	4. Record of removal
	5. Retention of documents
	6. Access to documents
	7. Photographing and copying of documents
	8. Return of documents
	9. Power to remove documents: supplementary provisions
	Power to take fingerprints and samples from person subject to control order (ss. 10-13)
	10. Power to take fingerprints and samples: England and Wales
	11. Power to take fingerprints and samples: Scotland
	12. Power to take fingerprints and samples: Northern Ireland
	13. Power to take fingerprints and samples: transitional provision
	Retention and use of fingerprints and samples (ss. 14-18E)
	14. Material subject to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
	⚠ 15. Material subject to the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
	16. Material subject to the Terrorism Act 2000: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
	17. Material subject to the Terrorism Act 2000: Scotland
	⚠ 18. Destruction of national security material not subject to existing statutory restrictions
	⚠ 18A. Retention of material: general
	⚠ Draft 18AA Retention of material from INTERPOL
	⚠ Draft 18AB Retention of material from INTERPOL: supplementary
	18B. Retention for purposes of national security
	⚠ 18BA. Retention of further fingerprints
	18C. Destruction of copies
	18D. Use of retained material
	⚠ 18E. Sections 18 to 18E: supplementary provisions
	Disclosure of information and the intelligence services (ss. 19-21)
	19. Disclosure and the intelligence services
	20. Disclosure and the intelligence services: supplementary provisions
	21. Disclosure and the intelligence services: interpretation
	Part 2 Post-charge questioning of terrorist suspects (ss. 22-27)
	22. Post-charge questioning: England and Wales
	23. Post-charge questioning: Scotland
	24. Post-charge questioning: Northern Ireland
	25. Recording of interviews
	26. Issue and revision of code of practice
	27. Meaning of "terrorism offence"
	Part 3 Prosecution and punishment of terrorist offences (ss. 28-39)
	Jurisdiction (s. 28)
	28. Jurisdiction to try offences committed in the UK
	Consent to prosecution (s. 29)
	29. Consent to prosecution of offence committed outside UK
	Sentencing (ss. 30-33)
	30. Sentences for offences with a terrorist connection: Northern Ireland
	31. Sentences for offences with a terrorist connection: Scotland
	32. Sentences for offences with a terrorist connection: armed forces
	33. Power to amend list of offences where terrorist connection to be considered
	Forfeiture (ss. 34-39)
	34. Forfeiture: terrorist property offences
	35. Forfeiture: other terrorism offences and offences with a terrorist connection
	36. Forfeiture: supplementary provisions
	37. Forfeiture: application of proceeds to compensate victims
	38. Forfeiture: other amendments
	39. Forfeiture: consequential amendments
	Part 4 Notification requirements (ss. 40-61)
	Introductory (s. 40)
	40. Scheme of this Part
	Offences to which this Part applies (ss. 41-43)
	41. Offences to which this Part applies: terrorism offences
	42. Offences to which this Part applies: offences having a terrorist connection
	43. Offences dealt with before commencement
	Persons to whom the notification requirements apply (ss. 44-46)
	44. Persons to whom the notification requirements apply
	45. Sentences or orders triggering notification requirements
	46. Power to amend specified terms or periods of imprisonment or detention
	Notification requirements (ss. 47-52)
	47. Initial notification
	48. Notification of changes: general
	48A. Notification of changes: financial information and information about identification documents
	49. Periodic re-notification
	50. Method of notification and related matters
	51. Meaning of "local police area"
	52. Travel outside the United Kingdom
	Period for which notification requirements apply (s. 53)
	53. Period for which notification requirements apply
	Offences in relation to notification (ss. 54-56)
	54. Offences relating to notification
	55. Effect of absence abroad
	56. Notification on return after absence from UK
	Entry and search of home address (s. 56A)
	56A Power to enter and search home address
	Supplementary provisions (ss. 57-61)
	57. Notification orders
	58. Foreign travel restriction orders
	59. Application of Part to service offences and related matters
	60. Minor definitions for Part 4
	61. References to a person being "dealt with" for an offence
	Part 5 Terrorist financing and money laundering (s. 62)
	62. Terrorist financing and money laundering
	Part 6 Financial restrictions proceedings (ss. 63-73)
	Chapter 1 Application to set aside financial restrictions decision (ss. 63-64)
	63. Application to set aside financial restrictions decision
	64. UN terrorism orders
	Chapter 2 Financial restrictions proceedings (ss. 65-73)
	Introductory (s. 65)
	65. Financial restrictions proceedings
	Rules of court, disclosure and related matters (ss. 66-70)
	66. General provisions about rules of court
	67. Rules of court about disclosure
	68. Appointment of special advocate
	69. Intercept evidence
	70. Qualification of duty to give reasons
	Supplementary provisions (ss. 71-73)
	71. Allocation of proceedings to Queen's Bench Division
	72. Initial exercise of powers by Lord Chancellor
	73. Interpretation
	Part 7 Miscellaneous (ss. 74-91)
	Inquiries (s. 74)
	74. Inquiries: intercept evidence
	Amendment of definition of "terrorism" etc (s. 75)
	75. Amendment of definition of "terrorism" etc
	Terrorist offences (ss. 76-77)
	76. Offences relating to information about members of armed forces etc
	77. Terrorist property: disclosure of information about possible offences
	Control orders (ss. 78-81)
	78. Control orders: powers of entry and search
	79. Control orders: meaning of involvement in terrorism-related activity
	80. Time allowed for representations by controlled person
	81. Application for anonymity for controlled person
	Pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects (s. 82)
	82. Pre-charge detention: minor amendments
	Forfeiture of terrorist cash (ss. 83-84)
	83. Forfeiture of terrorist cash: determination of period for which cash may be detained
	84. Forfeiture of terrorist cash: appeal against decision in forfeiture proceedings
	Costs of policing at gas facilities (ss. 85-90)
	85. Costs of policing at gas facilities: England and Wales
	86. Costs of policing at gas facilities: Scotland
	87. Designated gas transporters
	88. Costs of policing at gas facilities: recovery of costs
	89. Costs of policing at gas facilities: supplementary provisions
	90. Application of provisions to costs incurred before commencement
	Appointment of special advocates in Northern Ireland (s. 91)
	91. Appointment of special advocates in Northern Ireland
	Part 8 Supplementary provisions (ss. 92-102)
	General definitions (ss. 92-95)
	92. Meaning of "terrorism"
	93. Meaning of offence having a "terrorist connection"
	94. Meaning of "ancillary offence"
	95. Meaning of "service court" and "service offence"
	Orders and regulations (ss. 96-97)
	96. Orders and regulations
	97. Orders and regulations: affirmative and negative resolution procedure
	Financial provisions (s. 98)
	98. Financial provisions
	Repeals and revocations (s. 99)
	99. Repeals and revocations
	Final provisions (s. 100-102)
	100. Commencement
	101. Extent
	102. Short title
	Schedule 1 Disclosure and the intelligence services: consequential amendments
	Schedule 1A Offences where terrorist connection not required to be considered
	Schedule 2 Offences committed before the commencement of section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 where terrorist connection to be considered
	Schedule 3 Forfeiture: consequential amendments
	Schedule 3A Notification Requirements: Financial Information and Information about Identification Documents
	Schedule 4 Notification orders
	Schedule 5 Foreign travel restriction orders
	⚠ Schedule 6 Notification requirements: application to service offences
	Schedule 7 Terrorist financing and money laundering
	Schedule 7, Part 1 Conditions for giving a direction (paras. 1-2)
	Schedule 7, Part 2 Persons to whom a direction may be given (paras. 3-8)
	Schedule 7, Part 3 Requirements that may be imposed by a direction (paras. 9-13)
	Schedule 7, Part 4 Procedural provisions and licensing (paras. 14-17)
	Schedule 7, Part 5 Enforcement: information powers (paras. 18-24)
	Schedule 7, Part 6 Enforcement: civil penalties (paras. 25-29)
	Schedule 7, Part 7 Enforcement: offences (paras. 30-37)
	Schedule 7, Part 8 Supplementary and general (paras. 38-46)
	Schedule 8 Offences relating to information about members of armed forces etc: supplementary provisions
	Schedule 9 Repeals and revocations
	Schedule 9, Part 1 Retention and use of fingerprints and samples
	Schedule 9, Part 2 Disclosure of information and the intelligence services
	Schedule 9, Part 3 Forfeiture
	Schedule 9, Part 4 Financial restrictions proceedings
	Schedule 9, Part 5 Control orders
	Schedule 9, Part 6 Pre-charge detention