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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-united-nations-measures-order-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3365",
  "legislation_title": "The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-united-nations-measures-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—\n“body corporate” includes a Scottish partnership and, in relation to such a partnership, any reference to a director or other officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner;\n“document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in legible form;\n“funds” means financial assets and economic benefits of any kind, including (but not limited to) gold coin, gold bullion, cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments; deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations; securities and debt instruments (including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures, debenture stock and derivatives contracts); interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets; credit, rights of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments; letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources, and any other instrument of export financing;\n“relevant institution” means—\n(a) an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987;\n(b) a European authorised institution within the meaning of the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 which has established a branch in the United Kingdom for the purpose of accepting deposits or other repayable funds from the public; and\n(c) a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986;\n“terrorism” means the use or threat of action where—\n(a) (i) the action falls within sub-paragraph (b),\n(ii) the use or threat is designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, and\n(iii) the use or threat is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause;\n(b) action falls within this sub-paragraph if it—\n(i) involves serious violence against a person,\n(ii) involves serious damage to property,\n(iii) endangers a person’s life, other than that of the person committing the action,\n(iv) creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public, or\n(v) is designed seriously to interfere with or seriously to disrupt an electronic system;\n(c) the use or threat of action falling within sub-paragraph (b) which involves the use of firearms or explosives is terrorism whether or not sub-paragraph (a)(ii) is satisfied;\n(d) in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)—\n(i) “action” includes action outside the United Kingdom,\n(ii) a reference to any person or to property is a reference to any person, or to property, wherever situated,\n(iii) a reference to the public includes a reference to the public of a country other than that of the United Kingdom,\n(iv) “the government” means the government of the United Kingdom, of a part of the United Kingdom or of a country other than the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3218, amended by S.I.s 1993/3225, 1995/1217, 1995/1442, 1996/1669 and 1999/2094, Chapter II of Part I of Schedule 5 to the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11) and sections 70(1) and 79(14) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1986 c. 53."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2430",
      "affecting_title": "The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "art. 2 renumbered as art. 2(1)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3801",
      "affecting_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2001"
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      "affecting_title": "The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
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    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2209",
      "affecting_title": "The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1297",
      "affecting_title": "The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/111",
      "affecting_title": "The Al-Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2002"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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