{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/11",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Support.",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he invites support for a proscribed organisation, and\n(b) the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provision of money or other property (within the meaning of section 15).\n(1A) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, and\n(b) in doing so is reckless as to whether a person to whom the expression is directed will be encouraged to support a proscribed organisation.\n(2) A person commits an offence if he arranges, manages or assists in arranging or managing a meeting which he knows is—\n(a) to support a proscribed organisation,\n(b) to further the activities of a proscribed organisation, or\n(c) to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation.\n(3) A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting and the purpose of his address is to encourage support for a proscribed organisation or to further its activities.\n(4) Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2)(c) in respect of a private meeting it is a defence for him to prove that he had no reasonable cause to believe that the address mentioned in subsection (2)(c) would support a proscribed organisation or further its activities.\n(5) In subsections (2) to (4)—\n(a) “meeting” means a meeting of three or more persons, whether or not the public are admitted, and\n(b) a meeting is private if the public are not admitted.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, to a fine or to both, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(1A) inserted (12.4.2019) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), ss. 1, 27(3) (with s. 25(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 12(6)(a) substituted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 26(1)(b), 50(2)(m) (with s. 26(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:11:32.802855+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}