Terrorism Facilitation
It is an offence to invite another person to provide phones or other property, which he intends to be used or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used in terrorism. It is an offence to receive money or other property and intend that it should be used or have reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used for terrorism.
It is an offence to provide money or other property which he knows or has reasonable cause to suspect will or may be used for the purpose of terrorism. Providing money or property may include lending or otherwise making it available.
A person commits an offence if he uses money or other property for the purpose of terrorism. It is an offence if a person possesses money or other property or intends that it should be used or has reasonable cause to suspect it may be used for the purpose of terrorism.
A person commits an offence if he enters or becomes concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property is made available to another and he knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will be used for the purpose of terrorism.
It is an offence to enter or become concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or property is made available to another person, where a person knows and expects it may be used for the purpose of terrorism.
It is an offence to enter or become concerned in an arrangement which facilitates the retention or control on behalf of another person of terrorist property by concealing it, removing it from the jurisdiction, transferring it to nominees, or any other way. It is an offence for a person to show that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect there are any arrangements related to terrorist property.
Where a person believes or suspects a person has committed terrorist or finance offences and bases his belief on information which comes to his attention in the course of a business, he commits an offence unless he discloses it to a constable as soon as practicable. Where a person is in employment and his employer has established procedures for making disclosures and he is charged with an offence, it is a defence to show that he has complied with the procedure.
The provision does not apply to disclosure by a professional legal advisor of information which he obtains in privileged circumstances or a belief which he obtains in privileged circumstances. Privileged circumstances are information obtained with a view to furthering a criminal purpose from a client or client’s representative in connection with legal advice from a person seeking legal advice or representation of money or a person contemplating legal proceedings.
A person guilty of an offence under the above is subject on conviction and indictment to imprisonment for up to five years or six months on summary conviction or a fine exceeding the statutory minimum or both.
It is a defence to cooperate with the police after he becomes concerned in the transaction of his own initiative and as soon as reasonably practicable. It is a defence that the person intended to make disclosure and there was a reasonable excuse for his failure to do so. Where a person is in employment and he follows employer procedures, this is a defence.
It is an offence to fail to disclose suspicion that another has committed or is committing a terrorist financing or property offence.
It is an offence to fail to disclose information required in the course of a regulated sector business.
A regulated sector business is; the regulated sector refers to SI 2007/3288 financial services sector.
There are defences where persons have acted in accordance with the guidelines issued by the supervisory authority or treasury.
The offence is subject to conviction to imprisonment for up to five years or a fine or both or summary conviction up to 12 months or a statutory maximum fine.
It is an offence to tip off the fact that a disclosure has been made to the police or a serious organised crime agency. The offence is committed if a person discloses this fact and the disclosure is likely to prejudice any investigation that may be conducted following disclosure and the information on which the disclosure is based came from the person in the course of a business in the regulated financial sector.
The offences are subject to conviction and summary conviction for a term of up to three months or a fine at level 5 or an indictment to a term of up to two years or a fine or both.
It is an offence to fail to disclose information about acts of terrorism. Where a person has information which he knows or believes might be of material assistance in preventing the commission of an act of terrorism or securing the apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of another person in the United Kingdom for an offence involving the commission, preparation, and instigation of acts of terrorism.
An offence is committed unless the information is disclosed as soon as practicable. It is a defence to prove the person had a reasonable excuse for not making disclosure. A person is liable on conviction for imprisonment on indictment for up to five years or a fine or both or on summary conviction for up to six months.
It is an offence to disclose anything which is likely to prejudice an investigation about acts of terrorism or interfere with material likely to be relevant to the investigation. It is a defence of a person to show that he had no knowledge and had no reasonable cause to suspect the disclosure or interference was likely to affect the terrorism investigation. It is a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know and had no reasonable ground to suspect the disclosure or interference would interfere with the investigation or he had reasonable cause for the disclosure or interference.
The offence is subject to imprisonment of up to five years on conviction and indictment and up to six months on summary conviction.