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TERRORISM (SUPPRESSION OF MISUSE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL)
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(b) the activities undertaken by military forces of a State in the exercise of their official duties, to the extent that those activities are governed by other rules of international law.

Possessing radioactive material or Convention device

4. A person shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term which may extend to life imprisonment, if—

(a) the person, intentionally and without lawful authority, possesses any radioactive material or Convention device; and
(b) the person intends that the radioactive material or Convention device be used to cause—
(i) the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or
(ii) substantial damage to property or to the environment.

Making Convention device

5. A person shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term which may extend to life imprisonment, if—

(a) the person, intentionally and without lawful authority, makes any Convention device; and
(b) the person intends that the Convention device be used to cause—
(i) the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or
(ii) substantial damage to property or to the environment.

Using radioactive material or Convention device

6.—(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if—

(a) the person, intentionally and without lawful authority, uses in any way any radioactive material or Convention device; and