Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019
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Definitions | ||
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1. In this Act— | ||
“Act of 1976” means the Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976 ; | ||
“Act of 1990” means the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 ; | ||
“Convention state” means a state, other than the State, that is a party to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence done at Istanbul on 11 May 2011; | ||
“Irish ship” means an Irish ship within the meaning of section 9 of the Mercantile Marine Act 1955 ; | ||
“Minister” means the Minster for Justice and Equality; | ||
“relevant offence” means— | ||
(a) an offence under section 3 , 4 , 5 , 9 or 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 , | ||
(b) sexual assault within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 1990, | ||
(c) aggravated sexual assault within the meaning of section 3 of the Act of 1990, | ||
(d) rape, or | ||
(e) rape under section 4 of the Act of 1990. |