{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Powers of police officers in relation to a prohibited place",
  "text": "(1) A constable may order—\n(a) a person not to engage, or to cease to engage, in conduct mentioned in section 4(1)(a) (whether in person or by electronic or remote means) in relation to a prohibited place;\n(b) a person who has accessed or entered a prohibited place (whether in person or by electronic or remote means) to leave it immediately;\n(c) a person in an area adjacent to a prohibited place 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 prohibited place, or in an area adjacent to a prohibited place, to move the vehicle or device from the place or area immediately.\n(2) A constable may arrange for—\n(a) the removal of a vehicle or device from a prohibited place or an area adjacent to a prohibited place;\n(b) the movement of a vehicle or device within a prohibited place or an area adjacent to a prohibited place.\n(3) A constable may not exercise a power under subsection (1) or (2) unless the constable reasonably believes that exercising the power is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with an order imposed under subsection (1).\n(5) A person who commits an offence under this section 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).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}