Supplemental provisions relating to sections 47 and 50
Section 51 Extraterritorial application
127.This section supplements the provisions of sections 47 and 50 that extend to acts of United Kingdom persons overseas.
Section 52 Powers of entry
128.This Section gives powers of entry under warrant to constables and officers of the Secretary of State to search for evidence for the commission of an offence under sections 47 and 50.
Section 53 Customs and Excise prosecutions
129.This section permits the Customs and Excise Commissioners to enforce proceedings under sections 47 and 50, in cases involving the movement of a nuclear weapon across a border. Officers of the Commissioners is able to institute offences in England and Wales and Northern Ireland (assuming the Attorney General gives his consent under section 55.
Section 54 Offences
130.Subsection (1) sets out additional offences in relation to obtaining an authorisation from the Secretary of State under section 49 by fraud. These offences carry a sentence of up to two years imprisonment and a fine.
131.Subsection (3) lays out individual liability of the relevant senior office holder in a body corporate, in addition to corporate responsibility.
Section 55 Consent to prosecution
132.This section requires the Attorney General’s consent for prosecutions under section 47 and 50 in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
