{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-113",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-113.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/24",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001",
  "path": "section/113",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "113",
  "heading": "Use of noxious substances or things to cause harm and intimidate",
  "text": "(1) A person who takes any action which—\n(a) involves the use of a noxious substance or other noxious thing;\n(b) has or is likely to have an effect falling within subsection (2); and\n(c) is designed to influence the government or an international governmental organisation or to intimidate the public or a section of the public,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) Action has an effect falling within this subsection if it—\n(a) causes serious violence against a person anywhere in the world;\n(b) causes serious damage to real or personal property anywhere in the world;\n(c) endangers human life or creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public; or\n(d) induces in members of the public the fear that the action is likely to endanger their lives or create a serious risk to their health or safety;\nbut any effect on the person taking the action is to be disregarded.\n(3) A person who—\n(a) makes a threat that he or another will take any action which constitutes an offence under subsection (1); and\n(b) intends thereby to induce in a person anywhere in the world the fear that the threat is likely to be carried out,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both); and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or a fine (or both).\n(5) In this section—\n“the government” means the government of the United Kingdom, of a part of the United Kingdom or of a country other than the United Kingdom; and\n“the public” includes the public of a country other than the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 113(1)(c) inserted (13.4.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), ss. 34(b), 39(2); S.I. 2006/1013, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/24/section/113",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:53.658662+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}