Section 216 Meaning of “serious harm”I1

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(1)

In this Chapter “serious harm” means harm from—

(a)

conduct that—

(i)

involves serious violence against a person,

(ii)

endangers a person’s life, other than that of the person engaging in the conduct, or

(iii)

creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public, or

(b)

the threat of such conduct.

(2)

For this purpose, a reference to conduct or a person is to conduct or a person in any part of the world.

(3)

See also section 215 (5) (which provides that “the public” means the public in any part of the world).

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