Overview Miscellaneous
33.Measures on police and criminal judicial co-operation agreed by the JHA Council of the EU (third pillar) can currently only be implemented in the UK by primary legislation. This section will enable specified measures, that are closely related to the EU's anti-terrorism action plan, to be implemented by secondary legislation by the affirmative resolution procedure. Measures agreed on European Community matters (for example the environment or the internal market) can already be implemented by secondary legislation.
34.Part 13 also contains measures relating to the use or threatened use of noxious substances, (including biological agents or toxins, toxic chemicals or radioactive material) for terrorist and other similar purposes.
35.It introduces a new offence of hoaxing involving apparently noxious substances
36.Provisions amending the Intelligence Services Act 1994 introduce greater flexibility for intelligence gathering outside the British Islands and adapt the scope and definition of serious crime. They achieve this through extending the powers of GCHQ.
37.The Act reintroduces the offence of a general failure to disclose information about terrorism. Such an offence in relation to Northern Ireland was previously contained in the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 . The new provision will extend the provision to domestic and international terrorism.
38.The Act amends Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 to include internal journeys. It equalises provisions to stop, detain and search people who journey internally with those travelling to and from the UK and Common Travel Area.
39.It gives a power to require carriers to supply information about passengers and freight to enforcement agencies and allow sharing between the agencies. Details of the information that carriers will be required to provide is to be decided in secondary legislation.