Part VIU.K. Prevention of Terrorism

83 Investigations into activities and financial resources of terrorist organisations.U.K.

(1)In Schedule 7 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, in Part I (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)—

(a)in paragraph 3 (orders for production of excluded or special procedure material)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2) for the words from “he may make” to “shall” there shall be substituted the words “ he may order a person who appears to him to have in his possession, custody or power any of the material to which the application relates, to— ” and after the word “possession” where it subsequently appears in that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted in both places the words “ , custody or power ”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (5)(b)(ii), for the words from “in possession” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ has the material in his possession, custody or power ”;

(b)in paragraph 4(6) (order for production made to government department)—

(i)after the word “possession” where it first appears there shall be inserted the words “ , custody or power ”; and

(ii)for the words “be in possession of” there shall be substituted the words “ have in his possession, custody or power ”; and

(c)in paragraph 8(1) (orders of Secretary of State authorising searches for certain investigations), at the end, there shall be inserted the words “ or an offence under section 27 of the M1Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 ”.

(2)In Schedule 7 to the M2Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, in Part II (Scotland)—

(a)in paragraph 12 (order for production of material)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2) for the words from “he may make” to “shall” there shall be substituted the words “ he may order a person who appears to him to have in his possession, custody or power any of the material to which the application relates, to— ” and after the word “possession” where it subsequently appears in that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted in both places the words “ , custody or power ”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (5)(b)(ii), for the words from “in possession” to the end there shall be substituted the words “has the material in his possession, custody or power”; and

(b)in paragraph 13(5) (order for production made to government department)—

(i)after the word “possession” where it first appears there shall be inserted the words “ , custody or power ”; and

(ii)for the words “be in possession of” there shall be substituted the words “ have in his possession, custody or power ”.

(3)In Schedule 5 to the M3Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, in paragraph 2 (investigative powers of authorised investigators), after sub-paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

(1A)An authorised investigator may by notice in writing require any such person to furnish specified information relevant to the investigation within a specified time or such further time as the investigator may allow and in a specified manner or in such other manner as the investigator may allow..

(4)For the purposes of section 27 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (temporary provisions) the amendments made in that Act by subsections (1) and (2) above shall be treated, as from the time when those subsections come into force, as having been continued in force by the order under subsection (6) of that section which has effect at that time.

(5)For the purposes of section 69 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (temporary provisions) the amendments made in that Act by subsection (3) above shall be treated, as from the time when that subsection comes into force, as having been continued in force by the order under subsection (3) of that section which has effect at that time.

Extent Information

E1S. 83(1) extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland; s. 83(2) extends to Scotland only; s. 83(3) to (5) extends to United Kingdom, see s. 172(9)(10)(13)

Marginal Citations