Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention And Investigation Measures Bill

Download or read book Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill written by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill is intended to be introduced by the Government in response to "exceptional circumstances" which "cannot be managed by any other means". It is complementary to, and if introduced will operate alongside, the existing TPIMs legislation (as set out in the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011). If approved by Parliament, this Bill will allow the Government to impose a series of restrictive measures, broadly similar to those available under the control order regime, on certain targeted individuals. The Committee accepted the need for such measures as a preventative tool against suspected terrorists but raised concerns about the role of Parliament in approving their introduction and the threat to security created by "time-limiting" the legislation. To safeguard and better monitor their use, the Committee further called on the Government to institute higher standards of legal review of any use of this legislation.