# Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010, Section 3: Meaning of acquisition and transfer


(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A person acquires a prohibited munition if the person acquires it or enters into a contract to acquire it.
(3) A person transfers a prohibited munition if the person—
(a) disposes of it,
(b) moves it into or from the United Kingdom, or
(c) enters into a contract to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
(4) “Acquire” means buy, hire, borrow or accept as a gift, and “dispose” means sell, let on hire, lend or give.
(5) A person is not to be taken to acquire or dispose of a prohibited munition by reason only of the person's acquisition or disposal of an interest in or right over land containing cluster munition remnants.
(6) “Cluster munition remnants” has the same meaning as in the Convention.
(7) Schedule 1 sets out the definition of “cluster munition remnants” given by Article 2 of the Convention (together with definitions of related terms).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/11/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cluster-munitions-prohibitions-act-2010/section-3
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