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10 : instruction or training was being provided there wholly or partly for such purposes.

(3) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section—
 * (a) whether the person concerned receives the instruction or training himself; and
 * (b) whether the instruction or training is provided for purposes connected with one or more particular acts of terrorism or Convention offences, acts of terrorism or Convention offences of a particular description or acts of terrorism or Convention offences generally.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
 * (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to a fine, or to both;
 * (b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
 * (c) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.

(5) In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), the reference in subsection (4)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

(6) References in this section to instruction or training being provided include references to its being made available. Offences involving radioactive devices and materials and nuclear facilities and sites 9Making and possession of devices or materials

(1) A person commits an offence if—
 * (a) he makes or has in his possession a radioactive device, or
 * (b) he has in his possession radioactive material,

with the intention of using the device or material in the course of or in connection with the commission or preparation of an act of terrorism or for the purposes of terrorism, or of making it available to be so used.

(2) It is irrelevant for the purposes of subsection (1) whether the act of terrorism to which an intention relates is a particular act of terrorism, an act of terrorism of a particular description or an act of terrorism generally.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.

(4) In this section—
 * “radioactive device” means—
 * (a) a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device;
 * (b) a radioactive material dispersal device;
 * (c) a radiation-emitting device;
 * “radioactive material” means nuclear material or any other radioactive substance which—