The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 was formally introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 19 November 2001, two months after the terrorist attacks on New York on 11 September. It received royal assent and came into force on 14 December 2001. Many of its measures are not specifically related to terrorism, and a Parliamentary committee was critical of the swift timetable for such a long bill including non-emergency measures.
The Act was widely criticized, with one commentator describing it as "the most draconian legislation Parliament has passed in peacetime in over a century". On 16 December 2004 the Law Lords ruled that Section 23 was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, but under the terms of the Human Rights Act 1998 it remained in force. It has since been replaced by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.
Read more about Anti-terrorism, Crime And Security Act 2001: Part 1 (Terrorist Property), Part 2 (Freezing Orders), Part 3 (Disclosure of Information), Part 4 (Immigration and Asylum), Part 5 (Racial Hatred), Parts 6–8 (Weapons of Mass Destruction), Part 9 (Aircraft Security), Part 10 (Police Powers), Part 11 (Retention of Communications Data), Part 12 (Bribery and Corruption), Part 13 (Miscellaneous), Part 14 (Supplemental)
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