{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1991-repealed-2581996/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1991-repealed-2581996/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/24",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (repealed 25.8.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1991-repealed-2581996",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Possession of items intended for terrorist purposes.",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he has any article in his possession in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable suspicion that the item is in his possession for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that at the time of the alleged offence the article in question was not in his possession for such a purpose as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or a fine or both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.\n(4) Subsections (1), (2) and (5) of section 12 above shall apply where a person is charged with possessing an article in such circumstances as to constitute an offence under this section as they apply where a person is charged with possessing a proscribed article in such circumstances as are there mentioned.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/24/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:38:30.906049+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."
}