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Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
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<h2 id="provisions">Provisions</h2> <h3>Part 1 Temporary restrictions on travel</h3> <h3>Part 2 Terrorism prevention and investigation measures</h3> <h3>Part 3 Data retention</h3> <p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Data_retention/EfItUdV2">data retention</a></p> <h3>Part 4 Aviation, shipping and rail</h3> <h3>Part 5 Risk of being drawn into terrorism</h3> <h3>Part 6 Amendments of or relating to the Terrorism Act 2000</h3> <h3>Part 7 Miscellaneous and general</h3> <h2 id="drafting">Drafting</h2> <p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill was proposed by <a href="/facts/Home_Secretary/nSYzwvRz">Home Secretary</a> <a href="/facts/Theresa_May/P7QsX498">Theresa May</a> in November 2014. The press reported it would require <a href="/facts/Internet_service_providers/dUacAxef">Internet service providers</a> to retain data showing which IP address was allocated to a device at a given time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> At that time, companies providing internet services were not required to keep records of extra data that can show which individuals have used a particular IP address at a given time, even though this information exists.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h3>Justification</h3> <p>The Home Secretary said the new bill would help security services "deal with the increased threat that we now see". She said "This is a step but it doesn't go all the way to ensuring that we can identify all the people we will need to". To "fully identify" everybody, she said police would need the power to access communication data, as previously proposed in the <a href="/facts/Draft_Communications_Data_Bill/WWsdfHWr">Draft Communications Data Bill</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="effects">Effects</h2> <p>In December 2015, under a remit of the act which places local authorities, prisons, NHS trusts and schools under a statutory duty to prevent extremist radicalisation taking place within their walls, teachers reported a 10-year-old boy to the police after he had misspelled the word "<a href="/facts/Terraced_house/DT8MaWwr">terraced</a>" and written "I live in a terrorist house". He was subsequently interviewed by police and social services and had his home searched.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>In February 2016, <a href="/facts/Ken_Macdonald/vm6lSf3a">Ken Macdonald</a> warned that the "prevent" aspect of the law risked a "<a href="/facts/Chilling_effect/spE4peuu">chilling effect</a>" on academic debate and a "deadening impact" on research at universities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Terrorism_Act_2000/kQMckdlc">Terrorism Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Counter-Terrorism_Act_2008/7xl58rJ9">Counter-Terrorism Act 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Counter_Terrorism_Policing_Network/cw4sFKtT">National Counter Terrorism Policing Network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Counter_Terrorism_Command/oBLcl01m">Counter Terrorism Command</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CONTEST/um6g3kfo">CONTEST</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_Kingdom/qCthsNz8">Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Internet data plan back on political agenda". BBC. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Theresa May announces new powers to tackle internet jihadists". The Telegraph. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11248225/Theresa-May-announces-new-powers-to-tackle-internet-jihadists.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11248225/Theresa-May-announces-new-powers-to-tackle-internet-jihadists.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Internet data plan back on political agenda". BBC. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Bonnie Malkin, "I live in a 'terrorist house': police speak to Muslim boy, 10, over spelling error", The Guardian, 20 January 2016". <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/20/i-live-in-a-terrorist-house-police-speak-to-muslim-boy-10-over-spelling-error" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/20/i-live-in-a-terrorist-house-police-speak-to-muslim-boy-10-over-spelling-error</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Adams, Richard (7 February 2016). "Anti-terror laws risk 'chilling effect' on academic debate – Oxford college head". theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 February 2016. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/feb/07/anti-terror-laws-academic-debate-oxford-college-ken-macdonald-prevent-strategy-university" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/feb/07/anti-terror-laws-academic-debate-oxford-college-ken-macdonald-prevent-strategy-university</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>