4.—F3[(1)] In this Part—

F4[“Directive” means Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017² on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (the text of which is, for convenience of reference, set out in Schedule 1);]

F5[…]

F4[“organising or facilitating travel for the purpose of terrorism” shall be construed in accordance with section 4E;]

F3[“Prevention of Terrorism Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005, the English language text of which is set out for convenience of reference in Schedule 1B;]

F4[“providing training for terrorism” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) of section 4C;]

F3[“public provocation to commit a terrorist offence” shall be construed in accordance with section 4A;]

F4[“receiving training for terrorism” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2) of section 4C;]

F3[“recruitment for terrorism” shall be construed in accordance with section 4B;]

F6[“terrorist activity” means—

(a) an offence specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 committed with the intention of—

(i) seriously intimidating a population,

(ii) unduly compelling a government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from performing an act, or

(iii) seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a state or an international organisation,

(b) an act committed outside the State that, if committed in the State, would constitute an offence specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2, done with the intention of—

(i) seriously intimidating a population,

(ii) unduly compelling a government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from performing an act, or

(iii) seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a state or an international organisation,

or

(c) a threat to commit such an offence, or such an act, made with such an intention;]

“terrorist group” has the same meaning as in the F6[Directive];

F6[“terrorist-linked activity” means—

(a) an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 committed with a view to engaging in a terrorist activity,

(b) an act committed—

(i) outside the State that, if committed in the State, would constitute an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2, and

(ii) with a view to engaging in a terrorist activity,

(c) an offence specified in Part 3 of Schedule 2 committed with a view to—

(i) engaging in a terrorist activity (other than a threat to which paragraph (c) of the definition of “terrorist activity” applies),

(ii) committing an offence under section 21 or 21A of the Act of 1939 or committing an act outside the State that, if committed in the State, would constitute an offence under either such section, or

(iii) travelling for the purpose of terrorism,

(d) an act committed—

(i) outside the State that if committed in the State, would constitute an offence specified in Part 3 of Schedule 2, and

(ii) with a view to—

(I) engaging in a terrorist activity (other than a threat to which paragraph (c) of the definition of “terrorist activity” applies),

(II) committing an offence under section 21 or 21A of the Act of 1939 or committing an act outside the State that, if committed in the State, would constitute an offence under either such section, or

(III) travelling for the purpose of terrorism,

(e) public provocation to commit a terrorist offence,

(f) recruitment for terrorism,

(g) providing training for terrorism or receiving training for terrorism,

(h) travelling for the purpose of terrorism, or

(i) organising or facilitating travel for the purpose of terrorism;]

F5[…]

F4[“travelling for the purpose of terrorism” shall be construed in accordance with section 4D.]

F3[(2) A terrorist-linked activity may be committed wholly or partially by electronic means.

(3) In determining whether an act is a terrorist-linked activity, it shall not be necessary for an offence under section 6(1)(a) insofar as that provision relates to a terrorist activity, to have actually been committed.]