F11[4C. (1) For the purposes of this Part, a person provides training for terrorism if he or she provides instruction or training (in this section referred to as “relevant instruction or training”)—

(a) in the making or use of—

(i) firearms or explosives,

(ii) nuclear material,

(iii) biological weapons, chemical weapons or prohibited weapons, or

(iv) weapons, or noxious or hazardous substances, that belong to a class prescribed under paragraph (a) of subsection (3),

or

(b) in techniques, methods, skills or technical knowledge belonging to a class prescribed under paragraph (b) of subsection (3),

to any person, knowing that the purpose of the relevant instruction or training is to enable the second-mentioned person to commit, or aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of, a terrorist activity.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a person receives training for terrorism if he or she receives relevant instruction or training knowing that the relevant instruction or training is for the purpose of enabling him or her to commit, or aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of, a terrorist activity.

(3) (a) The Minister may prescribe—

(i) a class of weapon, or noxious or hazardous substance, or

(ii) classes of weapons, or noxious or hazardous substances,

for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2).

(b) The Minister may prescribe—

(i) a class of technique, method, skill or technical knowledge, or

(ii) classes of techniques, methods, skills or technical knowledge,

for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2).

(4) (a) The Minister shall, before making regulations under subsection (3), consult with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána and the Minister for Defence.

(b) The Minister may, before making regulations under subsection (3), consult with such other Minister of the Government as the Minister considers appropriate.

(5) The Minister shall, when prescribing a class of weapon, or noxious or hazardous substance, under paragraph (a) of subsection (3), have regard to the capacity of a weapon, or noxious or hazardous substance, of that class to cause or contribute to—

(a) the death of, or serious injury to, a person, or

(b) substantial material damage to property.

(6) The Minister shall, when prescribing a class of technique, method, skill or technical knowledge under paragraph (b) of subsection (3), have regard to the potential for the application or deployment of techniques, methods, skills or technical knowledge of that class in the commission of a terrorist activity.

(7) In this section—

“Act of 2011” means the Biological Weapons Act 2011;

“biological weapon” means a microbial or other biological agent or toxin within the meaning of the Act of 2011;

“chemical weapons” has the meaning assigned to it by the Chemical Weapons Act 1997;

“explosive” means—

(a) an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1875, or

(b) an explosive substance within the meaning of the Explosive Substances Act 1883;

“firearm” has the meaning assigned to it by the Firearms Act 1925;

“nuclear material” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 1 of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material done at Vienna on 26 October 1979, the text of which is set out in the Fourth Schedule to the Radiological Protection Act 1991;

“prohibited weapon” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2011.]]