{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/11",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Police powers.",
  "text": "(1) A constable in uniform may—\n(a) order a person in a cordoned area to leave it immediately;\n(b) order a person immediately to leave premises which are wholly or partly in or adjacent to a cordoned area;\n(c) order the driver or person in charge of a vehicle in a cordoned area to move it from the area immediately;\n(d) arrange for the removal of a vehicle from a cordoned area;\n(e) arrange for the movement of a vehicle within a cordoned area;\n(f) prohibit or restrict access to a cordoned area by pedestrians or vehicles.\n(2) A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with an order, prohibition or restriction imposed by virtue of subsection (1).\n(3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for his failure.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months,\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or\n(c) both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 36 extended (2.12.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 38, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 14; S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(ii)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 36 extended (N.I.) (21.4.2007) by 2003 c. 6, Sch. 2A para. 15 (as inserted by The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(2)(3), 7, Sch. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/44",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/36",
    "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."
  }
}