Part I
subsection (1) above shall not apply unless—
- (i) the person seizing or exercising control of the aircraft is a United Kingdom national; or
- (ii) his act is committed in the United Kingdom; or
- (iii) the aircraft is registered in the United Kingdom or is used in the military or customs service of the United Kingdom or in the service of any police force in the United Kingdom.
(3) A person who commits the offence of hijacking shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.
(4) If the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument declares—
- (a) that any two or more States named in the order have established an organisation or agency which operates aircraft; and
- (b) that one of those States has been designated as exercising, for aircraft so operated, the powers of the State of registration,
the State declared under paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be the State in which any aircraft so operated is registered; but in relation to such an aircraft subsection (2)(b) above shall have effect as if it referred to the territory of any one of the States named in the order.
(5) For the purposes of this section the territorial waters of any State shall be treated as part of its territory.
Destroying, damaging or endangering safety of aircraft. 2.—(1) It shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be an offence for any person unlawfully and intentionally—
- (a) to destroy an aircraft in service or so to damage such an aircraft as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight; or
- (b) to commit on board an aircraft in flight any act of violence which is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft.
