Publication - FOI/EIR release

Responsibility for proscribing an organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000: FOI release

Published: 23 March 2022
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Public safety and emergencies, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202200283029
Date received: 22 February 2022
Date responded: 16 March 2022

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

Who's responsibility it is to proscribe organisations such as terrorist groupings in Scotland?

Response

This is a reserved function the responsibility for proscribing an organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 lies with the Home Secretary. Once the decision to proscribe an organisation has been made the Home Secretary will then lay an order before the UK Parliament which will then be debated and approved by the House of Commons and House of Lords. I enclose a link to the Home Office Factsheet: Proscription, for your attention. https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2021/11/19/factsheetproscription/.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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