Part 1: Temporary Restrictions on Travel Commentary on Sections Chapter 1: Powers to seize travel documents Section 1: Seizure of passports etc from persons suspected of involvement in terrorism
18.Section 1(1) introduces Schedule 1. This makes provision for the seizure and temporary retention of travel documents where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person at a port has the intention of leaving Great Britain or the United Kingdom for the purpose of involvement in terrorism-related activity outside the United Kingdom.
19.Section 1(2) and (3) provide that civil legal aid may be made available for hearings of applications, under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1, to extend the 14 day time period in which an individual’s travel documents may be retained in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland respectively. Civil legal aid is available in Scotland under the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.