Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990

10 Seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms.U.K.

(1)A person who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes a fixed platform or exercises control of it, commits an offence, whatever his nationality and whether the fixed platform is in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 10 extended (with modifications) (Jersey) (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2881, art. 2, Sch. Pts. I, II

C2Ss. 9-43 extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the extending S.I.) by The Maritime Security (Jersey) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/265), art. 2, Sch.