Policy background State Threats Prevention and investigation measures (Part 2)
Part 2 provides for a new regime of state threats prevention and investigation measures (ST-PIMs) that may be imposed by the Secretary of State on individuals believed to be involved in state threat activity. Notwithstanding the range of offences and accompanying measures in Part 1, there will remain cases that cannot be prosecuted or otherwise disrupted. The Government anticipates such measures will be used sparingly and as a measure of last resort to mitigate the immediate threat an individual poses while they continue to be investigated. The proposed ST-PIMs framework largely replicates that contained in the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011.
	Part 2 also provides for civil legal aid to be made available for ST-PIMs.