Select Committee on Foreign Affairs First Report


ANNEX

List of offences committed overseas for which a British citizen could be prosecuted in the United kingdom.

a)  Sexual offences committed against children and young people under the age of 16 (Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act 1996 and Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.72 and Schedule 2);

b)  Offences of dishonesty and blackmail where property is despatched from, or received at, a place in England and Wales; or where there is a communication of information etc. sent by any means from a place in England and Wales to a place elsewhere, or from a place elsewhere to a place in England and Wales (Criminal Justice Act 1993 ss.1-6);

c)  Offences connected with aircraft (Civil Aviation Act 1982 s.92);

d)  Homicide (Offences Against the Person Act 1861 s.9-10);

e)  Offences in connection with taxation etc. within the European Community (Criminal Justice Act 1993, s.71);

f)  Offences by servants of the Crown (Criminal Justice Act 1948 s.31(1);

g)  Offences in connection with the slave trade (Slave Trade Act 1873);

h)  Offences under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ss.279-281) offences committed by British seamen (Merchant Shipping Act 1995 s.282) and offences in the Admiralty jurisdiction;

i)  Offences on offshore installations (Petroleum Act 1998 s.22);

j)  Bribery and corruption committed outside the UK (Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, s.109)

k)  Torture (Criminal Justice Act 1988, ss.134-135);

l)  International Criminal Offences (International Criminal Court Act 2001);

m)  Offences against the Geneva Convention (Geneva Convention Act 1957);

n)  Explosives offences (Explosive Substances Act 1883 ss.2-3);

o)  Treason

p)  Offences under the Terrorism Act 2000:

Membership of a proscribed organisation (Terrorism Act 2000 s.11)

Weapons training (Terrorism Act 2000 s.54)

Directing a terrorist organisation (Terrorism Act 2000 s.56)

Collecting information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism (Terrorism Act 2000 s.58)

Inciting terrorism overseas (Terrorism Act 2000 s.59)

Terrorist bombing (Terrorism Act 2000 s.62)

q)  Offences under the Terrorism Act 2006:

Encouragement of terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications (Terrorism Act 2006 ss1-2)

Preparation of terrorist acts (Terrorism Act 2006 s.5)

Terrorist training and attendance at a place used for terrorist training (Terrorism Act 2006 ss.6, 8)

r)  Offences against United Nations personnel (United Nations Personnel Act 1997)

s)  Offences against the safety of Channel Tunnel trains and the tunnel system (Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 [S.I.1994/570])

t)  Offences against the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870

u)  Offences against the Official Secrets Acts 1920 and 1989

v)  Fraudulent evasion of duty etc. (Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 s.170(2) (b))

w)  Bigamy (Offences against the Person Act 1861 s.57)

x)  Offences covered by the War Crimes Act 1991

y)  Offences involving the supply or delivery of restricted goods without a licence from the Secretary of State (Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003 SI 2003/2765)




 
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