Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019

5 Encouragement of terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications

(1) The Terrorism Act 2006 is amended as follows.

(2) Section 1 (encouragement of terrorism) is amended in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).

(3) In subsection (1)—

(a) for the words from “some” to “published” substitute “a reasonable person”;

(b) for “to them” substitute “, to some or all of the members of the public to whom it is published,”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) in the opening words, for “members of the public” substitute “a reasonable person”;

(b) in paragraph (b), omit “those”.

(5) Section 2 (dissemination of terrorist publications) is amended in accordance with subsections (6) and (7).

(6) In subsection (3), in paragraph (a), for the words from “, by” to “them” substitute “by a reasonable person as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement, to some or all of the persons to whom it is or may become available as a result of that conduct,”.

(7) In subsection (4)—

(a) in the opening words, after “by a” insert “reasonable”;

(b) in paragraph (b), for “that person” substitute “a person”.