Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 Explanatory Notes

Counter-Terrorism Act 2008

2008 CHAPTER 28

Commentary on Sections

Part 4 – Notification Requirements

Notification requirements

Section 52 – Travel outside the United Kingdom

136. Section 52(1) provides a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out additional notification requirements for persons subject to the notification scheme in relation to foreign travel.

137. Subsection (2) sets out details the person must notify to the police concerning their departure (such as date of departure, the country the person is travelling to and their point of arrival) and allows the regulations to prescribe further details that must be given. Subsection (3) concerns the details that must be disclosed about the person’s return to the UK: these will be given in the regulations.

138. Subsections (4) and (5) provide that a notification under this section must be made in accordance with the regulations; and that the regulations are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.