PART 5Risk of being drawn into terrorism
CHAPTER 1Preventing people being drawn into terrorism
26General duty on specified authorities
1
A specified authority must, in the exercise of its functions, have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
2
A specified authority is a person or body that is listed in Schedule 6.
3
In the case of a specified authority listed in Schedule 6 in terms that refer to the exercise of particular functions or to a particular capacity that it has, the reference in subsection (1) to the authority’s functions is to those functions or its functions when acting in that capacity.
4
Subsection (1) does not apply to the exercise of—
a
a judicial function;
b
a function exercised on behalf of, or on the instructions of, a person exercising a judicial function;
c
a function in connection with proceedings in the House of Commons or the House of Lords;
d
a function in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament;
e
a function in connection with proceedings in the National Assembly for Wales.
5
References to a judicial function include a reference to a judicial function conferred on a person other than a court or tribunal.