http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/18/section/2Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983An Act to implement the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material; and for purposes connected therewith.1983-05-09texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2019-02-11Expert Participation2010-04-12 Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983s. 5AStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2008Sch. 1 Pt. 3 21If a person, whatever his nationality, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere contravenes subsection (2), (3), (4) or (7) he shall be guilty of an offence.2A person contravenes this subsection if without lawful authority—ahe receives, holds or deals with nuclear material, andbhe does so either—iintending to cause, or for the purpose of enabling another to cause, relevant injury or damage by means of that material, oriibeing reckless as to whether, as a result of his so receiving, holding or dealing with that material, relevant injury or damage would be caused by means of that material.3A person contravenes this subsection if without lawful authority—ahe does an act directed at a nuclear facility, or which interferes with the operation of such a facility, andbhe does so either—iintending to cause, or for the purpose of enabling another to cause, relevant injury or damage by means of the emission of ionising radiation or the release of radioactive material, oriibeing reckless as to whether, as a result of his act, relevant injury or damage would be caused by means of such an emission or release.4A person contravenes this subsection if he—amakes a threat of a kind falling within subsection (5), andbintends that the person to whom the threat is made shall fear that it will be carried out.5A threat falls within this subsection if it is a threat that the person making it or any other person will cause any of the consequences set out in subsection (6) either—aby means of nuclear material, orbby means of the emission of ionising radiation or the release of radioactive material resulting from an act which is directed at a nuclear facility, or which interferes with the operation of such a facility.6The consequences mentioned in subsection (5) are—arelevant injury or damage, orbdamage to the environment.7A person contravenes this subsection if, in order to compel a State, international organisation or person to do, or abstain from doing, any act, he threatens that he or any other person will obtain nuclear material by an act which, whether by virtue of section 1(1) above or otherwise, is an offence mentioned in section 1(1)(c) above.8A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.9In this section references to relevant injury or damage are references to death or to injury or damage of a type which constitutes an element of any offence mentioned in section 1(1)(a) or (b) above.Ss. 2, 2A substituted for s. 2 (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 17 para. 4 (with Sch. 27 para. 26); S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(q)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.