Cap. 405 Art. 7Purposes to which Part III applies. Cap. 9.

(1) This Part of this Act has the purpose to provide protection against acts of violence -

(a) to aircraft, and to persons or property on board aircraft;

(b) to airports, and to such persons or property as (in the case of persons) are at any time present in any part of an airport or is at any time (whether permanently or temporarily) in any part of an airport; and

(c) to air navigation installations which do not form part of an airport.

(2) In this Part of this Act "act of violence" means any act (whether actual or potential, and whether done or to be done in Malta or elsewhere) which either -

(a) being an act done in Malta, constitutes, or

(b) if done in Malta would constitute, the offences under articles 211, 212, 214, 216, 217, 218, 220 and 222A of the Criminal Code; or any act whereby an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life, or to cause serious injury to property, is maliciously caused by means of any explosive substance, whether or not any injury to persons or property is actually caused.