A law meant to prosecute spies, foreign powers interfering with the UK etc. has criminalised looking at or even photographing certain buildings...
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/5/enacted
The key part is inspects and it's only partly defined to include photography.
So go to Portsmouth, take photos of the the Aircraft carriers and it's 6 months clink.
Same if you're hiking past Fylingdales and pause to have a look - potentially inspecting - that's 6 months!
Don't think this won't be abused. Remember S44 of the Terrorism Act had to be repealed 'cause the police were searching pretty much anyone they saw taking a photo of a building.
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