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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/schedule-13/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/schedule-13/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/11",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall grant an application for a licence unless satisfied that—\n(a) an organisation within sub-paragraph (4) would be likely to benefit from the licence (whether or not a condition were imposed under sub-paragraph (2)),\n(b) that the applicant has persistently failed to comply with the requirements of this Schedule, or\n(c) that the applicant has failed to comply with a condition imposed under sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The Secretary of State may on granting a licence impose a condition if satisfied that it is necessary in order to prevent an organisation within sub-paragraph (4) from benefiting from the licence.\n(3) If the Secretary of State refuses an application for a licence he shall notify the applicant of the refusal.\n(4) An organisation is within this sub-paragraph if—\n(a) it is a proscribed organisation, or\n(b) it appears to the Secretary of State to be closely associated with a proscribed organisation.\n(5) In this paragraph a reference to a benefit is a reference to any benefit—\n(a) whether direct or indirect, and\n(b) whether financial or not.\n(6) In this paragraph a reference to the requirements of this Schedule includes a reference to the requirements of—\n(a) Part V of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (private security services), and\n(b) Part V of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (private security services).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1991 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1996 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/13/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:13.340901+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."
}