Article 10 Purposes to which Part III appliesI1
United Kingdom
The purposes to which this Part of this Order applies are the protection against acts of violence—
of Channel Tunnel trains, and of persons or property on board such trains,
of the tunnel system, of such persons as are at any time present in any part of the tunnel system and of such property as forms part of the tunnel system or is at any time (whether permanently or temporarily) in any part of the tunnel system,
of any property used in connection with the operation of any Channel Tunnel train or the tunnel system including any land, building or works, train or other vehicle, apparatus or equipment so used whether it is on board a Channel Tunnel train or elsewhere, and
of any goods to be carried on a Channel Tunnel train or any property used in connection with such goods, including any land, building or works, train or other vehicle, apparatus or equipment so used, whether it is on board a Channel Tunnel train or elsewhere.
In this Part of this Order “act of violence” means any act (whether actual or potential) which either—
being an act done in Great Britain, constitutes, or
if done in Great Britain, would constitute,
the offence of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide or assault, or an offence under section 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28 or 29 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 or under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971f1 or, in Scotland, the offence of malicious mischief.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 10 in force at 5.3.1994, see art. 1
Footnotes
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