Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 - Restrictions Permitted By The Act

Restrictions Permitted By The Act

Control orders may contain restrictions that the Home Secretary or a court "considers necessary for purposes connected with preventing or restricting involvement by that individual in terrorism-related activity", including:

• restrictions on the possession of specified articles or substances (such as a mobile telephone);
• restrictions on the use of specified services or facilities (such as internet access);
• restrictions on work and business arrangements;
• restrictions on association or communication with other individuals, specified or generally;
• restrictions on where an individual may reside and who may be admitted to that place;
• a requirement to admit specified individuals to certain locations and to allow such places to be searched and items to be removed therefrom;
• a prohibition on an individual being in specified location(s) at specified times or days;
• restrictions to an individual's freedom of movement, including giving prior notice of proposed movements;
• a requirement to surrender the individual's passport;
• a requirement to allow the individual to be photographed;
• a requirement to cooperate with surveillance of the individual's movements or communications, including electronic tagging;
• a requirement to report to a specified person and specified times and places.