# The Extradition (Protection of Nuclear Material) Order 1991, Paragraph 1


The intentional commission of:
(a) an act without lawful authority which constitutes the receipt, possession, use, transfer, alteration, disposal or dispersal of nuclear material and which causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property;
(b) a theft or robbery of nuclear material;
(c) an embezzlement or fraudulent obtaining of nuclear material;
(d) an act constituting a demand for nuclear material by threat or use of force or by any other form of intimidation;
(e) a threat:
(i) to use nuclear material to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial property damage, or
(ii) to commit an offence described in sub-paragraph (b) in order to compel a natural or legal person, international organization or State to do or to refrain from doing any act;
(f) an attempt to commit any offence described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c); and
(g) an act which constitutes participation in any offence described in paragraphs (a) to (f)
shall be made a punishable offence by each State Party under its national law.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1720/schedule/1/part/7/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-protection-of-nuclear-material-order-1991/schedule-1/part-7/paragraph-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

