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PART
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INTRODUCTORY |
| Terrorism:
interpretation. |
1.
- (1) In this Act "terrorism" means the use or threat of action
where-
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(a) the action
falls within subsection (2),
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(b) the use
or threat is designed to influence the government or to intimidate
the public or a section of the public, and
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(c) the use
or threat is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious
or ideological cause.
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(2)
Action falls within this subsection if it-
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(a) involves
serious violence against a person,
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(b) involves
serious damage to property,
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(c) endangers
a person's life, other than that of the person committing the
action,
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(d) creates
a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section
of the public, or
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(e) is designed
seriously to interfere with or seriously to disrupt an electronic
system.
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(3)
The use or threat of action falling within subsection (2) which
involves the use of firearms or explosives is terrorism whether
or not subsection (1)(b) is satisfied.
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(4)
In this section-
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(a) "action"
includes action outside the United Kingdom,
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(b) a reference
to any person or to property is a reference to any person, or
to property, wherever situated,
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(c) a reference
to the public includes a reference to the public of a country
other than the United Kingdom, and
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(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.
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(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.
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| Temporary
legislation. |
2.
- (1) The following shall cease to have effect-
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(a) the Prevention
of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, and
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(b) the Northern
Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996.
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(2)
Schedule 1 (which preserves certain provisions of the 1996 Act,
in some cases with amendment, for a transitional period) shall have
effect.
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