Part 2: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Summary and Background
82.The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the TPIM Act) allows the Secretary of State to impose measures on an individual he or she reasonably believes is or has been involved in terrorism-related activity. A TPIM notice must be necessary for purposes connected with protecting the public from a risk of terrorism. The measures are civil and preventative in nature. The specific measures in any TPIM notice can only be imposed for purposes connected with preventing or restricting the individual’s involvement in terrorism-related activity.