# The Extradition (Aviation Security) Order 1997, Part II: PROTOCOL FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS OF VIOLENCE AT AIRPORTS SERVING INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION, SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION


THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS PROTOCOL
CONSIDERING that unlawful acts of violence which endanger or are likely to endanger the safety of persons at airports servicing international civil aviation or which jeopardise the safe operation of such airports undermine the confidence of the peoples of the world in safety at such airports and disturb the safe and orderly conduct of civil aviation for all States;
CONSIDERING that the occurrence of such acts is a matter of grave concern to the international community and that, for the purpose of deterring such acts, there is an urgent need to provide appropriate measures for punishment of offenders;
CONSIDERING that it is necessary to adopt provisions supplementary to those of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971, to deal with such unlawful acts of violence at airports serving international civil aviation;
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1760/schedule/1/part/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-aviation-security-order-1997/schedule-1/part-II
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