41.These sections make similar provision to that inserted into the PTA, at section 16C and Schedule 6A, by the Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Act 1996 (c. 7). They give the police the power for a limited period to designate and demarcate a specified area as a cordoned area for the purposes of a terrorist investigation – for instance in the wake of a bomb. They also make it an offence to breach a cordon.
Commentary Part Iv: Terrorist Investigations Sections 33–36: Cordons