Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 (a) any device consisting of or carrying an explosive charge or fused to detonate upon impact or percussion or through a timing contrivance or by an electrical or electronic device; or (b) any other device capable of causing an explosion; “essential service” means— (a) any service relating to the generation, supply or distribution of electricity; or (b) any fire brigade or fire service; or (c) any health, hospital or ambulance service; or (d) any service relating to the production, supply, delivery or distribution of fuel; or (e) any service relating to the supply or distribution of water; or (f) any communications service; or (g) any transport service; or (h) any other service or occupation whose interruption would endanger the life, health or safety of the whole or a part of the population and which the Minister may declare by notice in a statutory instrument to be an essential service; “insurgent, bandit, saboteur or terrorist” means a person who⎯ (a) is about to commit, is committing or has committed an act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism; or; (b) has attended a course or undergone training, is about to attend a course or undergo training or is attending a course or undergoing training referred to in subsection (1) of section twenty-five; “law enforcement agency” means the Police Force (including a member of the Police Constabulary as defined in section 2 of the Police Act [Chapter 11:10]) or an intelligence service maintained by the Government, or any agency assigned by an enactment to maintain and enforce the law; “offensive material” means any inflammable, dangerous, noxious, or deleterious substance, material or thing capable of killing or injuring persons, including⎯ (a) low or high explosives and the ingredients thereof; (b) all types of fuse used in the ignition of explosives; (c) detonators; (d) timing devices, especially time pencils; (e) wire cutters; (f) concentrated or other harmful acids; (g) ammunition as defined in the Firearms Act [Chapter 10:09]; (h) biological or chemical warfare agents; (i) any other substance, material or thing declared by the Minister, by notice in a statutory instrument, to be an offensive material for the purposes of this definition; “official” means⎯ - 25 -

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