{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-protection-of-nuclear-materialorder-1997/schedule-1/part-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1765",
  "legislation_title": "The Extradition (Protection of Nuclear Material)Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-protection-of-nuclear-materialorder-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "CONVENTION ON THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL",
  "text": "The States Parties to this Convention,\nRecognizing the right of all States to develop and apply nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and their legitimate interests in the potential benefits to be derived from the peaceful application of nuclear energy.\nConvinced of the need for facilitating international co-operation in the peaceful application of nuclear energy,\nDesiring to avert the potential dangers posed by the unlawful taking and use of nuclear material,\nConvinced that offences relating to nuclear material are a matter of grave concern and that there is an urgent need to adopt appropriate and effective measures to ensure the prevention, detection and punishment of such offences,\nAware of the need for international co-operation to establish, in conformity with the national law of each State Party and with this Convention, effective measures for the physical protection of nuclear material,\nConvinced that this Convention should facilitate the safe transfer of nuclear material,\nStressing also the importance of the physical protection of nuclear material in domestic use, storage and transport,\nRecognizing the importance of the physical protection of nuclear material used for military purposes, and understanding that such material is and will continue to be accorded stringent physical protection,\nHave agreed as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1765/schedule/1/part/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:05:11.634080+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}