Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011

"TPIM" redirects here. For Tetra-polar Impedance Measurement, see Focused Impedance Measurement. For TPIMS, see Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies.

The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished control orders^[2] and provides new powers to allow the Home Secretary to impose restrictions on the behaviour of a specified individual via means of a "TPIM" notice.^[3][4] TPIM notices can include restrictions on movement, financial activity and communication.^[5]

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to abolish control orders and make provision for the imposition of terrorism prevention and investigation measures.
Citation	2011 c. 23
Introduced by	Theresa May
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	14 December 2011
Commencement	15 December 2011
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Subsequent history

In the wake of the June 2017 London Bridge attack, Iain Duncan Smith spoke on BBC news programme The World At One to point out that the David Cameron coalition government that included Theresa May as Home Secretary had "watered down" the civil powers of the Control Order scheme, which were replaced by the TPIM scheme. Duncan Smith talked about how Control Orders provided sweeping powers to put terror suspects under house arrest without convicting them while the TPIM scheme allowed enhanced tracking, such as with ankle monitors, but has resulted much less use. The TPIM scheme ended the power of police to force a suspect to live elsewhere: in other words, police could remove someone from their home, far from where they might plot with associates.^{[citation needed]}