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Section 2Part 1 — Preliminary

Definitions

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In this Law — "act" and "action" includes omission; "Authority" means the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority established under section 5(1) of the Monetary Authority Law (2018 Revision) and includes any employee of the Authority acting under the Authority's authorisation; "constable" means any member of the Service, and includes a recruit constable; "court" means the Grand Court; "customs officer" means an officer appointed under section 6 of the Customs Law (2017 Revision); "document" includes information recorded in any form and in relation to information recorded otherwise than in a legible form references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in legible form; "dwelling" means a building or part of a building used as a dwelling, and a vehicle which is habitually stationary and which is used as a dwelling; "explosive" means a substance or combination of substances which are chemically or physically unstable or are kept in a manner by which they can readily be rendered unstable so that, upon the application of heat, detonation or other triggering agent or device they are liable violently to disintegrate, chemically or physically, with shattering destructive effect, and includes any such substance or substances declared to be an explosive by regulations made under the Explosives Law (2008 Revision); "firearm" means artillery, machine gun, sub-machine gun, rifle, shot gun, pistol, air gun, air pistol or any lethal barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or noxious fumes can be emitted except any air rifle, air gun or air pistol of a type prescribed by the Cabinet under the Firearms Law (2008 Revision) and of a calibre so prescribed, and includes any component part of any such weapon and such accessory to any such weapon designed or adapted to diminish the noise or flash caused by firing the weapon, and includes any ammunition capable of being used in any firearm and any reloader which is capable of or designed for the reloading of shotgun cartridges or any other type of ammunition; "Governor" means the person for the time being holding the office of Governor of the Islands, and includes any person for the time being lawfully performing the functions of that office under the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 [UKSI 1379 of 2009], and to the extent to which a Deputy appointed under the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 is authorised to act, that Deputy; "Grand Court" means the Grand Court constituted under the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009; "immigration officer" means the Chief Immigration Officer and any other immigration officer holding office under section 3 (1) of the Immigration Law (2015 Revision); "organisation" includes any association or combination of persons; "premises" includes any place and in particular includes — (a) a vehicle; and (b) a tent or moveable structure; "property" includes money and all other property, real or personal, including things in action, tangible or intangible property, movable or immoveable property and legal documents or instruments in any form evidencing title to or interest in property; "public place" means any place to which the public has access as of right or upon payment or upon invitation express or implied; "regulated sector" means that part of the business community in the Islands which is regulated by any one or more of the following laws — (a) Banks and Trust Companies Law (2018 Revision); (b) Building Societies Law (2014 Revision); (c) Companies Management Law (2018 Revision); (d) Cooperative Societies Law (2001 Revision); (e) Insurance Law, 2010 [Law 32 of 2010]; (f) Money Services Law (2010 Revision); (g) Mutual Funds Law (2015 Revision); (h) Securities Investment Business Law (2015 Revision); and (i) any other laws that may be prescribed by the Cabinet by regulations made under section 46 of the Monetary Authority Law (2018 Revision); "Reporting Authority" means the Reporting Authority appointed under section 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Law (2018 Revision); "road" means any public place where a vehicle may be driven or parked and such areas adjacent thereto as may be prescribed under the Traffic Law, 2011 [Law 26 of 2011]; "Service" means the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service referred to in section 3 of the Police Law (2017 Revision); "service provider" means a person licensed under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Law (2017 Revision) to provide any information technology service, telecommunications service, electronic media and broadcast service, internet service, digital library and commercial information service, network-based information service and related specialised professional service provided by electronic means and any other similar service; "terrorism" means — (a) an act whether committed in or outside of the Islands which causes or is likely to cause — (i) loss of human life or serious bodily harm; (ii) damage to property; or (iii) prejudice to national security or disruption of public safety including disruption in the provision of emergency services or to any computer or electronic system or to the provision of services directly related to banking, communications, infrastructure, financial services, public utilities, transportation or other essential infrastructure, and is intended to — (A) compel a government or an international organisation to do or refrain from doing any act; or (B) intimidate the public or a section of the public, for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause; or (b) an offence under sections 3 to 7, 14 to 16 and 19 to 22; "terrorist" means a person who — (a) has committed an offence under sections 3 to 7, 14 to 16 and 19 to 22; or (b) is or has been concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism; and includes a person who has been, whether before or after the passing of this Law concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism; "terrorist financing" means the financing of acts of terrorism, of terrorists and terrorist organisations and includes offences contrary to sections 19, 20, 21 and 22; "terrorist organisation" means any group of terrorists that — (a) commits, or attempts to commit an act of terrorism by any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and wilfully; (b) participates as an accomplice in an act of terrorism; (c) organises or directs others to commit an act of terrorism; or (d) contributes to the commission of an act of terrorism by a group of persons acting with a common purpose where the contribution is made intentionally and with the aim of furthering the act of terrorism or with the knowledge of the intention of the group to commit an act of terrorism; and "vehicle", includes an aircraft, hovercraft, train or vessel.

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