{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-89",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000/section-89.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/11",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-act-2000",
  "path": "section/89",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "89",
  "heading": "Power to stop and question.",
  "text": "(1) An officer may stop a person for so long as is necessary to question him to ascertain—\n(a) his identity and movements;\n(b) what he knows about a recent explosion or another recent incident endangering life;\n(c) what he knows about a person killed or injured in a recent explosion or incident.\n(2) A person commits an offence if he—\n(a) fails to stop when required to do so under this section,\n(b) refuses to answer a question addressed to him under this section, or\n(c) fails to answer to the best of his knowledge and ability a question addressed to him under this section.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) In this section “officer” means—\n(a) a member of Her Majesty’s forces on duty, or\n(b) a constable.",
  "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/89",
    "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."
  }
}