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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/11",
  "legislation_title": "Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010",
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  "text": "Article 2.2. “Cluster munition” means a conventional munition that is designed to disperse or release explosive submunitions each weighing less than 20 kilograms, and includes those explosive submunitions. It does not mean the following:\n(a) A munition or submunition designed to dispense flares, smoke, pyrotechnics or chaff; or a munition designed exclusively for an air defence role;\n(b) A munition or submunition designed to produce electrical or electronic effects;\n(c) A munition that, in order to avoid indiscriminate area effects and the risks posed by unexploded submunitions, has all of the following characteristics:\n(i) Each munition contains fewer than ten explosive submunitions;\n(ii) Each explosive submunition weighs more than four kilograms;\n(iii) Each explosive submunition is designed to detect and engage a single target object;\n(iv) Each explosive submunition is equipped with an electronic self-destruction mechanism;\n(v) Each explosive submunition is equipped with an electronic self-deactivating feature.",
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  "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."
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