{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-act-2008/section-18B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-act-2008/section-18B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/28",
  "legislation_title": "Counter-Terrorism Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-act-2008",
  "path": "section/18B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18B",
  "heading": "Retention for purposes of national security",
  "text": "(1) Section 18 material which is not a DNA sample may be retained for as long as a national security determination made by the responsible officer , or by a chief officer of police, has effect in relation to it.\n(2) A national security determination is made if the responsible officer , or a chief officer of police, determines that it is necessary for any such section 18 material to be retained for the purposes of national security.\n(3) A national security determination—\n(a) must be made in writing,\n(b) has effect for a maximum of 5 years beginning with the date on which the determination is made, and\n(c) may be renewed.\n(4) In this section “chief officer of police” means a person other than the responsible officer who is—\n(a) the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales, or\n(b) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 18-18E substituted for s. 18 (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 18B(1) inserted (13.8.2020) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 13(2); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 18B(2) inserted (13.8.2020) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 13(3); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 18B(3)(b) substituted (13.8.2020) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 13(4) (with s. 25(7)(8)); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 18B(4) inserted (13.8.2020) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 13(5); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/28/section/18B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:40.867015+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."
}