Explanatory Notes

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

2001 CHAPTER 24

14th December 2001

Overview

Freezing orders

8.Part 2 creates a new power which enables the Treasury to freeze the assets of overseas governments or residents who have taken, or are likely to take, action to the detriment of the UK's economy or action constituting a threat to the life or property of a national or resident of the UK. The Treasury's previous power to freeze assets, contained in the 1964 Act, is repealed.