Measures to counter state threats (Parts 1 and 2) Terrorism Provisions (Part 5)
Damages in civil claims are payable pursuant to court orders to compensate for loss. Though all the relevant circumstances must be taken into account in quantification of those damages, prevention of terrorism involves unique factors and often the utilisation of special proceedings, such as closed material procedures under the Justice and Security Act 2013 and Part 82 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998. Sections 81 to 84 set out new specific procedures for the assessment of damages in national security proceedings against the Crown.
	There are also a variety of powers available to seize and forfeit terrorist property such as in section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. However, none of those provisions are specifically designed to address court awards of damages before they are paid to those who are at risk of using the funds for terrorist purposes. Section 85 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Act set out new powers that courts may employ to achieve this.
	Sections 86 and 87 of the Act amend Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ("the 2012 Act"), which provides for the availability of civil legal services, to create limits on the availability of those services in general cases for individuals convicted of terrorism offences and provide for associated data sharing. Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2012 Act describes the civil legal services that are to be available in general cases and Section 88 of the Act clarifies the existing availability of those services for Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures proceedings, by bringing all services under the same paragraph.
	The Terrorism Act 2000 provides powers for the arrest and detention of any person who is reasonably suspected to be a terrorist. Section 41 of that Act covers the calculation of the period for which a person can be held in detention including when they have previously been detained under other specific powers (section 41(3)(b)) and circumstances in which a person who is detained requires medical treatment (section 41(8A) and (8B). Schedule 5 to the Terrorism Act 2000 covers a number of police powers in relation to investigations, including powers of search wholly or partly within cordoned areas, and the power of a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent, in cases of great emergency and when immediate action is necessary, to give by written order signed by him to any constable the authority which may be given by a search warrant under paragraph 1 or 11 of Schedule 5 to that Act.