# Landmines Act 1998, Section 27: General interpretation.


(1) In this Act—
“acquisition”, “disposal”, “transfer” and “participate”, and cognate expressions, shall be construed in accordance with section 2;
“anti-personnel mine”, “component”, “landmine” and “prohibited object” shall be construed in accordance with section 1;
“fact-finding mission” means a fact-finding mission under Article 8 of the Ottawa Convention;
“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;
“premises” includes land (including buildings), moveable structures, vehicles and aircraft;
“section 2 offence” means—
(a)an offence under section 2; or
(b)attempting or conspiring to commit an offence under that section, or incitement to commit such an offence;
and
“vehicle” includes a vessel or hovercraft.
(2) For the purposes of this Act—
(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
(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.
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/33/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998/section-27
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