{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/schedule-5A/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/schedule-5A/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/11",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/5A/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months,\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or\n(c) both.\n(3) A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order, the person—\n(a) makes a statement which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or\n(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A Pt. 2 inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 2 para. 4; S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 excluded (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 6(2) (with art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 6(8) (with art. 6(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 excluded (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 18(2) (with art. 18(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 18(8) (with art. 18(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 29(2) (with art. 29(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 29(8) (with art. 29(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 30(2) (with art. 30(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 21 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2018) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Enforcement in Different Parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/521), art. 30(8) (with art. 30(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/5A/paragraph/21",
    "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."
}