{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-81.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/81",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Part 8: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for an offence under section 79 or 80 shall not be instituted—\n(a) in England and Wales, except by or with the consent of the Attorney General; or\n(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland .\n(2) In this Part “United Kingdom person” means a United Kingdom national, a Scottish partnership or a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.\n(3) For this purpose a United Kingdom national is an individual who is—\n(a) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen;\n(b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is a British subject; or\n(c) a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 81(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 7 para. 36(b); S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 19(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/24/section/81",
    "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."
}