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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/11",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Directing terrorist organisation.",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he directs, at any level, the activities of an organisation which is concerned in the commission of acts of terrorism.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:13.340901+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."
  }
}