{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Stop and question",
  "text": "(1) A member of Her Majesty's forces on duty or a constable may stop a person for so long as is necessary to question him to ascertain his identity and movements.\n(2) A member of Her Majesty's forces on duty may stop a person for so long as is necessary to question him to ascertain—\n(a) what he knows about a recent explosion or another recent incident endangering life;\n(b) what he knows about a person killed or injured in a recent explosion or incident.\n(3) A person commits an offence if he—\n(a) fails to stop when required to do so under this section,\n(b) refuses to answer a question addressed to him under this section, or\n(c) fails to answer to the best of his knowledge and ability a question addressed to him under this section.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(5) A power to stop a person under this section includes a power to stop a vehicle (other than an aircraft which is airborne).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+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."
}