Paragraph 5 Jurisdiction of courts in respect of air piracy

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

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Sch. 2 words omitted by Aviation Security and Piracy (Overseas Territories) 2016 art. 3(21)

(1)

Any court in the Territory 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.

(2)

In subsection (1) above, “aircraft” means any aircraft other than an aircraft in military service or an aircraft belonging to and exclusively employed in the service of the Crown in right of the United Kingdom.