Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019

Definitions

1. In this Act—

“act” includes omission and a reference to the committing of an act includes a reference to the making of an omission;

“hostile purpose” means, in relation to a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device, for the purpose of causing, or being likely to cause, death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property or the environment;

“nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device” means any weapon or other explosive device capable of releasing nuclear energy that is designed for a hostile purpose or for use in armed conflict, and includes such a weapon or device in unassembled or partly assembled forms but does not include the means of transport or delivery of such a weapon or device if separable from, and not an indivisible part of, such a weapon or device;

“transfer” means, in relation to a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device—

(a) the physical transfer or movement of a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device, or

(b) the transfer of title to, or control over, a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device;

“Treaty” means the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons done at New York on 7 July 2017, the text of which is set out in the Schedule for convenience of reference.