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Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act (c.11) which received Royal Assent on 25 March 2010

Schedule 1:  Definitions of cluster munition, explosive bomblet etc

179.This contains extracts from the Convention, setting out the meanings of terms used in the Convention, as referred to in sections 1(6), 3(7) and 6(10) of the Act. The following Convention definitions are included:

  • Cluster munition and related terms

    • Cluster munition

    • Explosive submunition

    • Unexploded submunition

    • Self-destruction mechanism

    • Self-deactivating

  • Explosive bomblet

  • Dispenser

  • Mine

  • Cluster munition remnants and related terms

    • Cluster munition remnants

    • Failed cluster munition

    • Unexploded submunition

    • Abandoned cluster munition

    • Unexploded bomblet

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