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Prevention of Terrorism Act

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1974–2005Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1974

Roy Harris Jenkins1974

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Introduces emergency legislation responding to terrorist violence in Great Britain.

2005

Tony Blair2005

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 creates control orders for terrorism suspects

Names involved

Roy Harris JenkinsTony Blair

Provenance

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