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Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989

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2Membership, support and meetings

(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, a person is guilty of an offence if he—

(a)belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation;

(b)solicits or invites support for a proscribed organisation other than support with money or other property; or

(c)arranges or assists in the arrangement or management of, or addresses, any meeting of three or more persons (whether or not it is a meeting to which the public are admitted) knowing that the meeting is—

(i)to support a proscribed organisation;

(ii)to further the activities of such an organisation; or

(iii)to be addressed by a person belonging or professing to belong to such an organisation.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or a fine or both;

(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.

(3)A person belonging to a proscribed organisation is not guilty of an offence under this section by reason of belonging to the organisation if he shows—

(a)that he became a member when it was not a proscribed organisation under the current legislation; and

(b)that he has not since he became a member taken part in any of its activities at any time while it was a proscribed organisation under that legislation.

(4)In subsection (3) above “the current legislation”, in relation to any time, means whichever of the following was in force at that time—

(a)the [1974 c. 56.] Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1974;

(b)the [1976 c. 8.] Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976;

(c)the [1984 c. 8.] Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984; or

(d)this Act.

(5)The reference in subsection (3) above to a person becoming a member of an organisation is a reference to the only or last occasion on which he became a member.

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