Part 1—Offences
- (b) by sending it to the appropriate person, by means of a postal service providing for delivery to be recorded, at the address of the principal office of the body or association.
(5) In the case of—
- (a) a company registered outside the United Kingdom,
- (b) a firm carrying on business outside the United Kingdom, or
- (c) an unincorporated body or association with offices outside the United Kingdom,
the references in this section to its principal office include references to its principal office within the United Kingdom (if any).
(6) In this section “the appropriate person” means—
- (a) in the case of a body corporate, the body itself or its secretary;
- (b) in the case of a firm, the firm itself or a partner of the firm or a person having the control or management of the partnership business; and
- (c) in the case of an unincorporated body or association, the body or association itself or a member of its governing body.
(7) For the purposes of section 3 the time at which a notice under subsection (3) of that section is to be regarded as given is—
- (a) where it is delivered to a person, the time at which it is so delivered; and
- (b) where it is sent by a postal service providing for delivery to be recorded, the time recorded as the time of its delivery.
(8) In this section “secretary”, in relation to a body corporate, means the secretary or other equivalent officer of the body.
Preparation of terrorist acts and terrorist training
5Preparation of terrorist acts
(1) A person commits an offence if, with the intention of—
- (a) committing acts of terrorism, or
- (b) assisting another to commit such acts,
he engages in any conduct in preparation for giving effect to his intention.
(2) It is irrelevant for the purposes of subsection (1) whether the intention and preparations relate to one or more particular acts of terrorism, acts of terrorism of a particular description or acts of terrorism generally.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.
6Training for terrorism
(1) A person commits an offence if—
- (a) he provides instruction or training in any of the skills mentioned in subsection (3); and
- (b) at the time he provides the instruction or training, he knows that a person receiving it intends to use the skills in which he is being instructed or trained—
