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prohibit the development, acquisition, possession, transfer and use of cluster |
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munitions and their components; and for connected purposes. |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Offences relating to cluster munitions |
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(a) | use a cluster munition, |
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(b) | develop or produce a cluster munition, either alone or in conjunction |
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with other parties in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, |
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(c) | participate in the production of a cluster munition or any of its |
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(d) | participate in the acquisition or disposal of a prohibited object, |
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(e) | possess a cluster munition, or |
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(f) | participate in the transfer or trading of a prohibited object, |
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(2) | Under subsection (1)(d) a person, party or company shall be deemed to have |
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participated in the acquisition of a prohibited object by— |
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(a) | acquiring or entering into a contract to acquire it, |
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(b) | otherwise attempting to acquire it, or |
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(c) | making arrangements under which another person either acquires or |
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enters into a contract to acquire it. |
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(3) | Under subsection (1)(f) a person, party or company shall be deemed to have |
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participated in the transfer or trading of a prohibited object by— |
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(a) | transferring or entering into a contract to transfer it, or |
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(b) | making arrangements under which another person either acquires or |
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enters into a contract to acquire it. |
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(4) | For the purposes of this Act— |
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(a) | to develop a cluster munition is to produce or manufacture a prohibited |
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object, or to engage in research or projects assisting the development of |
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(b) | to acquire a prohibited object is to buy, hire, borrow, receive or accept |
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(c) | to dispose of a prohibited object is to destroy, discard, sell, let on hire, |
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lend or give it as a gift. |
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(5) | It is not an offence under subsection (1)(d), (e) or (f) for a person, party or |
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company to dispose of, possess or transfer a prohibited object if this is done— |
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(a) | to secure its safe destruction, |
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(b) | to aid the development of techniques of explosive ordinance disposal, |
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(c) | for the purposes of explosive ordinance disposal training. |
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(1) | The Secretary of State may by order make such additions to, omissions from, |
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or other modifications to this Act as he considers necessary to give effect to any |
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amendment of relevant international humanitarian law. |
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(2) | The power to make an order under subsection (1) shall be exercisable by |
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statutory instrument; and no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has |
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been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. |
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“cluster munition” means a container which disperses multiple explosive |
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“component of a cluster munition” means anything designed or adapted |
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to form part of a cluster munition; |
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“prohibited object” means a cluster munition or any component of a |
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(2) | A cluster munition is not to be taken as— |
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(a) | a container which disperses nuclear, biological, chemical, electronic, |
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landmine, propaganda or pyrotechnic submunitions, or |
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(b) | a container which disperses sensor-fused submunitions which |
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autonomously detect and engage military targets and which self- |
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destruct, self-deactivate or self-neutralise. |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition of Development |
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and Acquisition) Act 2007. |
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(2) | This Act extends to Northern Ireland. |
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(3) | This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning |
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with the day on which it is passed. |
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Cluster Munitions (Prohibition of Development and Acquisition) Bill |
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To prohibit the development, acquisition, possession, transfer and use of |
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cluster munitions and their components; and for connected purposes. |
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