9. Demands relating to radioactive material, Convention device or nuclear facility
Feedback & supportA person (called in this section the offender) shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, if —
the offender, intentionally and without lawful authority, demands that another person —
make available to the offender, or to any other person, any radioactive material, Convention device or nuclear facility; or
radioactive material
“radioactive material” means any nuclear material or any other radioactive substance;
give the offender, or any other person, access to any radioactive material, Convention device or nuclear facility; and
Convention device
“Convention device” means —(a)an explosive or incendiary device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation; or(b)a device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation, and that may, owing to its radiological properties, cause —(i)the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or(ii)substantial damage to property or to the environment;
the demand is made or accompanied by the use of force or by threats of any kind.