{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-237",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-237.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/237",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "237",
  "heading": "Terrorism offences excepted from defence for slavery or trafficking victims",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 29 (offences under the Terrorism Act 2000)—\n(a) before the entry for section 54 insert—\n“section 11 (membership of a proscribed organisation)\nsection 12 (support of a proscribed organisation)\nsection 15 (fund-raising for terrorism)\nsection 16 (use and possession of property for terrorism)\nsection 17 (funding arrangements)\nsection 17A (insurance against payments made in response to terrorist demands)\nsection 18 (money laundering)\nsection 19 (disclosure of information: duty)\nsection 21A (failure to disclose: regulated sector)\nsection 38B (information about acts of terrorism)\nsection 39 (disclosure of information prejudicial to investigation)”;\n(b) after the entry for section 57 insert—\n“section 58 (collection of information)\nsection 58A (eliciting, publishing or communicating information about members of armed forces etc)\nsection 58B (entering or remaining in a designated area)”.\n(3) In paragraph 31 (offences under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001), after the entry for section 50 insert—\n“section 67 (security of pathogens and toxins)\nsection 79 (disclosures relating to nuclear security)”.\n(4) In paragraph 35 (offences under the Terrorism Act 2006)—\n(a) before the entry for section 5 insert—\n“section 1 (encouragement of terrorism)\nsection 2 (dissemination of terrorist publications)”;\n(b) after the entry for section 6 insert—\n“section 8 (attendance at a place used for terrorist training)”.\n(5) After paragraph 35 insert—\n“Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c.28)\n35ZA An offence under section 54 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (offences relating to notification).\nTerrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23)\n35ZB An offence under section 23 of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (contravention of terrorism prevention and investigation measures notice).\nCounter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6)\n35ZC An offence under section 10 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (breach of temporary exclusion order or notice).”\n(6) The amendments made by this section do not apply in relation to an offence committed before this section comes into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 237 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 255(3)(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/237",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:58.060228+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."
}