Landmines Act 1998

2 Prohibited conduct. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to sections 3 to 6, no person shall—

(a) use an anti-personnel mine;

(b) develop or produce an anti-personnel mine;

(c) participate in the acquisition of a prohibited object;

(d) have a prohibited object in his possession; or

(e) participate in the transfer of a prohibited object.

(2) Subject to those sections, no person shall assist, encourage or induce any other person to engage in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1).

(3) For the purposes of this Act a person participates in the acquisition of an object if—

(a) he acquires the object or enters into a contract to acquire it; or

(b) he makes arrangements under which another person either acquires the object or enters into a contract to acquire it.

(4) For the purposes of this Act a person participates in the transfer of an object if—

(a) he transfers the object or enters into a contract to transfer it; or

(b) he makes arrangements under which another person either transfers the object or enters into a contract to transfer it.

(5) References in this Act to transferring an object include references to disposing of the object and to delivering it to another person.

(6) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) to acquire an object is to buy it, hire it, borrow it or accept it as a gift; and

(b) to dispose of an object is to sell it, let it on hire, lend it or give it.

(7) For the purposes of this Act a person shall not be taken to acquire or dispose of a prohibited object by reason only of his acquisition or disposal of an interest in or right over land containing one or more emplaced anti-personnel mines.

(8) A person contravening this section is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or to a fine, or to both.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 2(1)(2) extended (Guernsey) (11.11.2000) by S.I. 2000/2769, art. 2

S. 2(1)(2) extended (Isle of Man) (11.11.2000) by S.I. 2000/2770, art. 2