{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Powers of police in relation to a cordoned area",
  "text": "(1) A constable may order—\n(a) a person not to do any of the following (whether in person or by electronic or remote means)—\n(i) enter, inspect, pass over or under, approach or be in the vicinity of a cordoned area, or\n(ii) cause an unmanned vehicle or device to enter, inspect, pass over or under, approach or be in the vicinity of a cordoned area;\n(b) a person in a cordoned area (whether in person or by electronic or remote means) to leave it immediately;\n(c) a person in an area adjacent to a cordoned area to leave the area immediately;\n(d) the driver or person in charge of a vehicle or device (whether in person or by electronic or remote means) in a cordoned area to move the vehicle or device from the area immediately.\n(2) In subsection (1) a reference to inspecting a cordoned area includes taking or procuring the taking of photographs, videos or other recordings.\n(3) A constable may arrange for—\n(a) the removal of a vehicle or device from a cordoned area;\n(b) the movement of a vehicle or device within a cordoned area.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with an order imposed under subsection (1).\n(5) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (4) to show that the person had a reasonable excuse for that failure.\n(6) A person is taken to have shown a matter mentioned in subsection (5) if—\n(a) sufficient evidence of the matter is adduced to raise an issue with respect to it, and\n(b) the contrary is not proved beyond reasonable doubt.\n(7) A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (or both).\n(8) In this section “cordoned area” means an area designated as a cordoned area under section 9.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 11 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 11 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}