{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-sentencing-act-2021/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-sentencing-act-2021/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/11",
  "legislation_title": "Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-sentencing-act-2021",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offences relevant for provisions of this Act relating to Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)) is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 12 (interpretation of Chapter 3 of Part 2 (dangerous offenders and other terrorist offenders))—\n(a) in paragraph (3), before the definition of “life sentence” insert—\n““determination of terrorist connection”, in relation to an offence, means a determination by the court that the offence has a terrorist connection under section 30 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008;”;\n(b) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(6) Schedule 2A specifies certain terrorism offences, and other offences which may be determined to have a terrorist connection, for the purposes of various provisions of this Chapter and Chapter 4, and makes related provision.\n(7) In this Chapter “serious terrorism offence” means—\n(a) an offence within Part 2 of Schedule 2A (terrorism offences punishable with life imprisonment); or\n(b) an offence within Part 3 of that Schedule (offences with possible terrorist connection punishable with life imprisonment) in respect of which a determination of terrorist connection is made.”\n(3) After Schedule 2 insert, as Schedule 2A, the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/11/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:53.649963+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."
}