{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/36",
  "legislation_title": "Aviation Security Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction of courts in respect of air piracy.",
  "text": "(1) Any court in the United Kingdom having jurisdiction in respect of piracy committed on the high seas shall have jurisdiction in respect of piracy committed by or against an aircraft, wherever that piracy is committed.\n(2) in subsection (1) above, aircraft has the same meaning as in section 92 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (application of criminal law to aircraft); and, for the purposes of this definition, section 101 of that Act (Crown aircraft) shall apply to this section as it applies to the said section 92.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1982 c. 16 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 5 extended (with modifications) (Jersey) (12.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1251 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1 Pt.I S. 5 extended (with modifications) (Guernsey) (17.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2989 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1 Pt. I , II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/36/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:11:02.217326+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}