{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/33",
  "legislation_title": "Landmines Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "General interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“acquisition”, “disposal”, “transfer” and “participate”, and cognate expressions, shall be construed in accordance with section 2;\n“anti-personnel mine”, “component”, “landmine” and “prohibited object” shall be construed in accordance with section 1;\n“fact-finding mission” means a fact-finding mission under Article 8 of the Ottawa Convention;\n“the Ottawa Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, which was signed by the United Kingdom at Ottawa on 3 December 1997;\n“premises” includes land (including buildings), moveable structures, vehicles and aircraft;\n“section 2 offence” means—\n(a)an offence under section 2; or\n(b)attempting or conspiring to commit an offence under that section, or incitement to commit such an offence;\nand\n“vehicle” includes a vessel or hovercraft.\n(2) For the purposes of this Act—\n(a) an anti-personnel mine shall be taken to be destroyed if it is permanently prevented (by dismantling or any other means) from being capable of incapacitating, killing or injuring any person; and\n(b) a component of an anti-personnel mine shall be taken to be destroyed if it is permanently prevented from being used as part of an anti-personnel mine.\n(3) The powers conferred by sections 7 to 10 are in addition to, and do not affect, any power exercisable in relation to an object otherwise than by virtue of those sections (such as a power to dispose of property in police possession in connection with the investigation of a suspected offence).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/33/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:33.425271+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."
}