Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010

Munitions to which Act applies

1Munitions to which Act applies

3Meaning of acquisition and transfer

4Application of section 2

5Enabling destruction

6Other purposes permitted by Convention

7Defences relating to state of mind of defendant etc.

8Visiting forces

9International military operations and activities

10Supplementary provision: evidential burden and authorisations

Securing destruction of prohibited munitions

11Suspicious objects

12Power to enter premises and search for prohibited munitions

13Removal or immobilisation of prohibited munitions

14Power to destroy removed prohibited munitions

15Destruction of immobilised prohibited munitions

16Power to enter premises and destroy immobilised prohibited munitions

17Compensation for destruction

18Offences relating to destruction etc.

19Securing destruction of prohibited munitions: supplementary

Information and records

20Information and records for Convention purposes

21Power to search and obtain evidence: issue of warrant

22Power to search and obtain evidence: supplementary

23Disclosure of information

Criminal proceedings

24Consent to prosecution

25Forfeiture in case of conviction

26Offences by bodies corporate etc.

27Safeguards etc. in connection with exercise of powers of entry

28Service of notices

29Power to modify Act

30Interpretation

31Amendments of other Acts

32Crown application

34Commencement and short title

SCHEDULE 1Definitions of cluster munition, explosive bomblet etc.

Definition of cluster munition and related terms

Article 2.2. “Cluster munition” means a conventional munition that is...

Article 2.3. “Explosive submunition” means a conventional munition that in...

Article 2.5. “Unexploded submunition” means an explosive submunition that has...

Article 2.9. “Self-destruction mechanism” means an incorporated automatically-functioning mechanism which...

Article 2.10. “Self-deactivating” means automatically rendering a munition inoperable by...

Definition of explosive bomblet

Article 2.13. “Explosive bomblet” means a conventional munition, weighing less...

Definition of dispenser

Article 2.14. “Dispenser” means a container that is designed to...

Definition of mine

Article 2.12. “Mine” means a munition designed to be placed...

Definition of cluster munition remnants and related terms

Article 2.7. “Cluster munition remnants” means failed cluster munitions, abandoned...

Article 2.4. “Failed cluster munition” means a cluster munition that...

Article 2.5. “Unexploded submunition” means an explosive submunition that has...

Article 2.6. “Abandoned cluster munitions” means cluster munitions or explosive...

Article 2.15. “Unexploded bomblet” means an explosive bomblet that has...

SCHEDULE 2Offences to which section 9 applies

Specified offences

1An offence under section 2(1)(e) or (g).

2An offence under subsection (2) of section 2 of assisting,...

3An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act...

4An offence committed by inciting the commission of—

5An offence committed by aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the...

6An offence of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit...

Application of defence under section 9(1): offences relating to use or transfer

7(1) This paragraph applies where a person is charged with—...

Application of defence under section 9(1): offences relating to conduct by visiting forces etc.

8(1) The defence under section 9(1) does not apply where...

SCHEDULE 3Amendments of other Acts

Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)

1In Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act...

Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27)

2In Schedule 3 to the Serious Crime Act 2007 (listed...

Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010

2010 c. 11

An Act to make provision for giving effect to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

[25th March 2010]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C1

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

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Act extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (2.11.2011) by The Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010 (Isle of Man) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2443), arts. 1, 2, Sch.