SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be treated as part of the law of nations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (6.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3059, art. 4

Article 101 U.K.

Definition of piracy U.K.

Piracy consists of any of the following acts:

(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed—

(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;

(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;

(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;

(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).