{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-border-security-act-2019/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-border-security-act-2019/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/3",
  "legislation_title": "Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-border-security-act-2019",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Increase in maximum sentences",
  "text": "(1) The Terrorism Act 2000 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).\n(2) In section 38B (information about acts of terrorism), in subsection (5)(a), for “five years” substitute “ 10 years ”.\n(3) In section 58 (collection of information), in subsection (4)(a), for “10 years” substitute “ 15 years ”.\n(4) In section 58A (eliciting, publishing or communicating information about members of armed forces etc), in subsection (3)(a), for “10 years” substitute “ 15 years ”.\n(5) The Terrorism Act 2006 is amended in accordance with subsections (6) and (7).\n(6) In section 1 (encouragement of terrorism), in subsection (7)(a), for “7 years” substitute “ 15 years ”.\n(7) In section 2 (dissemination of terrorist publications), in subsection (11)(a), for “7 years” substitute “ 15 years ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/3/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:27.749559+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."
}