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Chapter 1 Module 11 External sources of further information and guidance - Charity Commission
Chapter 1 Module 11
External sources of further information and guidance.	Download PDF (156 Kb)
Other Charity Commission guidance
Legal references (including a brief description of key Acts)
Quick-guide flowcharts
References to Other Useful Publications:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Practice Financial Action Task Force - Recommendations – International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation, see Recommendation 8: Non-profit organisations.
Financial Action Task Force - Combating the Abuse of NPOs: International Best Practices, 2002 Financial Services Authority - International Regulatory Outlook, 2006
HM Government - Combating the Financing of Terrorism, 2002
HM Treasury/Home Office - Review of Safeguards to Protect the Charitable Sector from Terrorist Abuse, 2007 HM Treasury - Review of Safeguards: Summary Responses and Next Steps, 2007
Home Office - Counter-Terrorism Strategy (CONTEST), 2011
United States Treasury - Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for US charities, 2006
The Home Office website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/
The Home Office is the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter-terrorism and police. The Home Office is responsible for keeping the UK safe from the threat posed by terrorism.
The Home Office has recently revised the UK's counter-terrorism strategy -known as CONTEST - to reflect the changing nature of the terrorist threat.
The Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) in the Home Office works to bring cohesion and strength to our fight against terrorism. It supports the Home Secretary and other government ministers in developing, directing and implementing the country's counter-terrorism strategy. OSCT oversees the Security Service and police counter-terrorism operations in the UK, and manages the handling of terrorist attacks. OSCT maintains the list of organisations proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000.
The HM Treasury Website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
The HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in the UK, for domestic designation (principally under the Terrorism Orders) and for licensing exemptions to financial sanctions.
The Asset Freezing Unit maintains a consolidated list of asset freeze targets designated by the UN, EU and UK under legislation relating to current financial sanctions regimes and can be found by clicking here.
The FCO Website: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/
The FCO supports British nationals overseas through embassies, high commissions and other diplomatic posts and provides practical travel advice and updated profiles of every country worldwide online.
The FCO is also responsible for overall policy on international sanctions including the scope and content of international sanction regimes.
The Metropolitan Police has set up a confidential Anti-Terrorist Hotline which is staffed around the clock by specialist counter-terrorism police officers.
If you think you have seen something suspicious or you are unsure about somebody's activities or behaviour, however insignificant it may seem at the time, call the confidential Anti-Terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321. A textphone service is available for people with speech or hearing difficulties on 0800 032 45 39
The Metropolitan Police has specialist units that deal with protecting the UK from the threat of terrorism, bringing together intelligence gathering, analysis and development with investigation and operational support activity. There is also a specialist Intelligence unit that deals with the threat of terrorist financing nationally. Other regional police forces also may have counter-terrorism units.
It has five separate commands: border policing; economic crime; organised crime; national cyber crime; and CEOP (child exploitation and on-line protection).
Communities and Local Government sets policy on local government, housing, urban regeneration, planning and fire and rescue. It has responsibility for all race equality and community cohesion related issues in England. Part of DCLG's role is to administer the ‘PREVENT' strand of the UK Government's counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST).
DFID is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty, working with governments of developing countries, charities, businesses and international bodies, including the World Bank, the UN agencies and the European Commission.
OSCR is the independent registrar and regulator for Scotland's 23,500 charities. OSCR is a Non-Ministerial Department and forms part of the Scottish Administration.
Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (DSD)
The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland has strategic responsibility for urban regeneration, community and voluntary sector development, including charities, social legislation, housing, social security benefits, pensions and child support.
The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is the new independent regulator of charities in Northern Ireland.
The full text of all UK Acts and Statutory Instruments mentioned in this guidance is available on:
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/ [although please note that Statutory Instruments may appear in unamended form on this site.]
An overview of terrorism legislation in the UK, including the Terrorism Acts 2000 and 2006
Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 Terrorist Asset Freezing etc Act 2010
Terrorism Prevention and Investigations Measure Act 2011
The Afghanistan (Asset Freezing) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1893)
The Al-Qaida (Asset Freezing) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2742)
The Home Office list of proscribed terrorist organisations:
Details of Financial Sanctions regimes in the UK from HM Treasury, including a link to the consolidated list of designated entities, groups and persons:
US Office of Foreign Assets Control:
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/index.shtml
Government advice on Staying Safe, including advice on reporting suspicious activity:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Counterterrorism/DG_181898
The Commission's Counter-Terrorism Strategy OG410 Charities and Terrorism The Commission's Guidance on Reporting Serious Incidents Guidance on Charities and Risk Management Guidance on Charities Working Internationally
Charity Commission Risk Framework Charities Back on TrackCC3 - The Essential Trustee: What you need to know CC8 - Internal Financial Controls for Charities Legal references
Counter-terrorism legislation - a brief description of key Acts and Regulations
Part 2 - Proscribed groups
Proscription of terrorist organisations and related offences
Part 3 - Terrorist property
Offence of raising funds for terrorist organisations; duty to disclose information to police; forfeiture
Part 4 - Terrorist investigations
Part 5 - Counter-terrorist powers
Stop and search powers; arrest without warrant; port and border controls
Part 2 - Freezing funds
Freezing accounts and assets at the start of investigations without criminal charge
Part 3 - Information disclosure
Reporting of ‘Suspicious Activity' in the regulated sector
Encouragement of terrorism, training and preparation of terrorist acts
Grounds of proscription, detention, searches and definition amendments
Part 3 - Supplemental provisions
Review of counter-terrorism legislation, amendments and repeals
Part 1 - Gathering and sharing information
Power to remove documents, retention and use of fingerprints and samples and disclosure of information (not yet in force)
Part 2 - Questioning of terror suspects
Post-charge questioning of terror suspects
Part 3 - Prosecution of terror offences
Jurisdiction, sentencing and forfeiture
Part 4 - Notification requirements
Notification Requirements of terrorism offences under Terrorism Acts and Anti-Terrorism Crime & Security Act (part 4 schedule 9, entries relating to the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Orders 2001 and 2006, updated by the Terrorist Asset Freezing etc Act 2010.
Part 5 - Terrorist financing and money laundering
Conferring powers to HM Treasury
Part 6 - Financial restrictions proceedings
Terrorist offences, detention, forfeiture and policing
Part 8 - Supplementary provisions
Definitions, orders and regulations, provisions and appeals
Terrorist Asset Freezing etc Act 2010
Part 1 - Designated Persons
Meaning of designated person, final and interim designations, prohibitions, exceptions and licences, circumventing prohibitions, HM Treasury information requirements, supervision of exercise of powers, offences
Part 2 – Terrorist financing, money laundering
Directions to credit and financial institutions and subsidiaries, general directions and other requirements
Countries to which the Act extends
Repeals the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (control orders), replaces control orders with terrorism prevention and investigation measures (TPIM) notices
Sections 6-22
Court scrutiny, consultation, review of necessity, appeals, safeguards
Sections 23- 25
Sections 26-31
Temporary imposition of enhanced measures, final provisions
The Afghanistan (Asset Freezing) Regulations 2011
Regulations 1 to 2 - Preliminary and general
Regulations 3 to 7 - Freezing funds and economic resources of designated persons
A person must not deal with funds or economic resources belonging to, or owned, held, or controlled by, a designated person or make them available to or for the benefit of a designated person
Regulations 8 to 10 - Exceptions and offence
Credits to a frozen account, licences and offence
Regulations 11 to 19 - Miscellaneous
Information provisions, co-operation with investigations, offences by a body corporate, penalties, proceedings, consent to prosecution, notices, the Crown, amendment
The Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I 2011/2742)
Information provisions, co-operation with investigations, offences by a body corporate, penalties, proceedings, consent to prosecution, notices, the Crown, revocation and repeal, savings and amendments
Amends schedule (within TA 2000 and TA 2006) reducing the maximum pre-charge detention period from 28 to 14 days
Updates TA 2000 with respect to the emergency power for the temporary extension of detention of terrorist suspects
Amends the stop and search powers under TA 2000.
The table below contains the possible criminal offences under the Terrorism Acts (TA) 2000 and 2006 and the Terrorist Asset Freezing etc Act 2010 (TAFA) the section of Acts where they can be found.
Terrorism Act s11
Professing to belong to a proscribed organisation
TA 2000 s11
Inviting support for a proscribed organisation where support is not restricted to the provision of money or other property
TA 2000 s12
Arranging, managing or assisting in arranging or managing a meeting which is known to support a proscribed organisation, to further the activities of a proscribed organisation or to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation
Addressing a meeting where the purpose of the address is to encourage support for a proscribed organisation or to further its activities
Inviting another to give, lend or otherwise make available, whether or not for a consideration, money or other property and intending that it should be used, or having reasonable cause to suspect that it might be used for the purposes of terrorism
TA2000 s15
Receiving money or other property and intending that it should be used, or having reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used for the purposes of terrorism
Giving lending or otherwise making available, whether or not for a consideration, money or other property and knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism
Using money or other property for the purposes of terrorism.
TA2000 s16
Possessing money or other property with the intention that it should be used, or having reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism
Entering into or becoming concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property is to be made available to another where it is known or there is reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism
TA 2000 s17
Entering into or being concerned in an arrangement which facilitates the retention or control of terrorist property by or on behalf of another person by concealment, removal from the jurisdiction, transfer to the nominees or in any other way
TA 2000 s18
Failure to disclose beliefs or suspicions to the police that another has committed an offence under sections 15 to 18 where that information comes to his attention in the course of his business, trade, profession or employment and there is no reasonable excuse for not making that disclosure
TA 2000 s19
Directing at any level the activities of an organisation which is concerned in the commission of acts of terrorism
TA2000 s56
Inciting another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the UK and the act would, if the offence was committed in the UK constitute one of the following - Murder, an offence under sections 18, 23, 28, 29 or 34 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (wounding with intent, poison or explosions), or endangering life by damaging property
TA 2000 s59 - 61
Publishing or causing to be published a statement which is likely to be understood by some or all of the members of the public to whom it is published as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to them to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism or Convention offences (as set out in Schedule 1 to the Act), and, at the time of publication or at the time of causing another to publish, it is intended or the person is reckless as to whether members of the public are or will be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare or instigate such offences
TA 2006 s1 & Schedule 1
Dissemination (or possession with intent to disseminate) in any of the methods set out in section 2(2), a terrorist publication (as defined in section 2(3)) where the intention of dissemination is a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, or the assistance in the commission or preparation of such acts. If it is not the intention of the dissemination to have that effect, it is an offence to be reckless as to whether the dissemination has that effect
TA 2006 s2
The preparation of terrorist acts if done with the intention of committing acts of terrorism, or assisting another to commit such acts; providing training for terrorism, and receiving such training, and attending any place, worldwide, used for terrorism training
TA 2006 s5, 6 and 8
Disclosure of information relating to designation specified by HM Treasury as confidential
TAFA s10
Dealing with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person
TAFA s11
Making funds or financial services available to a designated person
TAFA s12
TAFA s 13
TAFA s14
TAFA s15
Intentionally participating in activities knowing that the object of effect of them is to circumvent the prohibitions in s11- s15, or to enable or facilitate the contravention of any such prohibition
TAFA s18
Failure by a relevant institution to inform HM Treasury if it knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person is a designated person or has committed an offence in respect of prohibitions in relation to designated persons.
TAFA s19
Failure to comply HM Treasury with information made under Chapter 3 of TAFA
TAFA s22
Definition of terrorism and terrorist financing under UK legislation
The Terrorism Act 2000 defines "terrorism" in s1 of that Act as:
1. "In this Act "terrorism" means the use or threat of action where
a. the action falls within subsection (2), b. the use or threat is designed to influence the government [or an international governmental organisation]1or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, and c. the use or threat is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, [racial] 2 or ideological cause.
2. Action falls within this subsection if it
a. involves serious violence against a person, b. involves serious damage to property, c. endangers a person's life, other than that of the person committing the action, d. creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public, or e. is designed seriously to interfere with or seriously to disrupt an electronic system.
4. In this section
a. "action" includes action outside the United Kingdom, b. a reference to any person or to property is a reference to any person, or to property, wherever situated, c. a reference to the public includes a reference to the public of a country other than the United Kingdom, and d. "the government" means the government of the United Kingdom, of a Part of the United Kingdom or of a country other than the United Kingdom.
5. In this Act a reference to action taken for the purposes of terrorism includes a reference to action taken for the benefit of a proscribed organisation."
1 Amendment by Terrorism Act 2006 c. 11 Pt 2 s. 34 2 Amendment by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 c.28 Pt 7 s.75 (2) (a)
The Terrorism Act 2000 s15-18 contains "terrorist financing" offences. There is a positive duty to report suspicions or beliefs of where someone has committed one of these offences to the police under s19 Terrorism Act 2000. This applies to certain regulated sectors, and applies to charities, their trustees, employees and volunteers. These offences are:
1. A person commits an offence if he
a. invites another to provide money or other property, and b. intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
2. A person commits an offence if he
a. receives money or other property, and b. intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
3. A person commits an offence if he
a. provides money or other property, and b. knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism.
4. In this section a reference to the provision of money or other property is a reference to its being given, lent or otherwise made available, whether or notfor consideration.
16 Use and possession
1. A person commits an offence if he uses money or other property for the purposes of terrorism.
a. possesses money or other property, and b. intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
17 Funding arrangements
a. he enters into or becomes concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property is made available or is to be made available to another, and b. he knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism.
1. A person commits an offence if he enters into or becomes concerned in an arrangement which facilitates the retention or control by or on behalf of another person of terrorist property
a. by concealment, b. by removal from the jurisdiction, c. by transfer to nominees, or d. in any other way.
2. It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the arrangement related to terrorist property."
Overview timeline - key events
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) created UK becomes a member country in 1990
UN International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism Terrorist Financing recognised as an offence worldwide
UK Terrorism Act introduced UK law updated in response to changing international threat
UN Security Council Resolution 1373 adopted &Security Act introduced FATF Special Recommendations on terrorist finances put forward Non-profit sector identified by FATF as vulnerable to threat
UK Counter-Terrorism Strategy (CONTEST) formed UK Government's strategy coordinated for combating symptoms and causes of terrorism
EU Not-for-Profit Code of Conduct drafted UK Prevention of Terrorism Act introduced EU recommendations to address vulnerabilities of non-profit sector
HM Treasury/Home Office joint-review of safeguards to protect the charitable sector Review and recommendations for charitable sector
Charity Commission response to consultation Recognition of need to minimise risks of harm in the sector
Charity Commission Counter-Terrorism Strategy published Sector commitments and approach adopted
Review of CONTEST strategy (CONTEST) National strategy updated to incorporate new changes
CONTEST refreshed
The Afghanistan (Asset Freezing) Regulations 2011 and The Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I 2011/2742)
FATF updates its Recommendations – International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. Non-profit organisations still identified as vulnerable to threat
Charity Commission refreshes its Counter Terrorism Strategy to take into account the government’s review of the Prevent strand of CONTEST.
Quick Guide Chart for Checking the Consolidated List of Designated Individuals and Entities
Quick Guide Chart for Cross-Checking trustees with the Consolidated List of Designated Individuals and Entities
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