{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-material-offences-act-1983/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-material-offences-act-1983/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/18",
  "legislation_title": "Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-material-offences-act-1983",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Supplemental.",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for an offence which (disregarding the provisions of the Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 , the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 , the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 and the Terrorism Act 2000 ) would not be an offence apart from the preceding provisions of this Act shall not be begun—\n(a) in England and Wales, except by or with the consent of the Attorney General; or\n(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.\n(2) Without prejudice to any jurisdiction exercisable apart from this subsection, every sheriff court in Scotland shall have jurisdiction to entertain proceedings for an offence which (disregarding the provisions of the Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 , the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 , the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 and the Terrorism Act 2000 ) would not be an offence in Scotland apart from the preceding provisions of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1)(2) substituted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 13, ss. 7, 10(2), Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1) substituted (26.4.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 8; S.I. 2004/786, art. 3(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 7 para. 30; S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 19(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2) substituted (26.4.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 8; S.I. 2004/786, art. 3(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 1-4 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (10.12.2009) by The Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (Isle of Man) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3203), arts. 1, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 wholly in force at 2.10.1991 see s. 8(2) and S.I. 1991/1716, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/18/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:25.729288+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."
}