Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished control orders and provides new powers to allow the Home Secretary to impose restrictions on the behaviour of a specified individual via means of a "TPIM" notice. TPIM notices can include restrictions on movement, financial activity and communication.
Provisions
The act required terror suspects to ask permission for overseas travel, have at most one bank account. The act also prohibited terror suspects from leaving their houses at night, and from meeting specific associates.
Subsequent developments
In the wake of the June 2017 London Bridge attack, Iain Duncan Smith spoke on BBC news programme The World At One to point out that the coalition government that included Theresa May as Home Secretary had "watered down" the civil powers of the Control Order scheme, which were replaced by the TPIM scheme. Duncan Smith talked about how Control Orders provided sweeping powers to put terror suspects under house arrest without convicting them while the TPIM scheme allowed enhanced tracking, such as with ankle monitors, but has resulted much less use. The TPIM scheme ended the power of police to force a suspect to live elsewhere: in other words, police could remove someone from their home, far from where they might plot with associates.
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External links
Text of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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