1. The Pool Re/HM Treasury definition for (re)insurance purposes is: ‘an act of any person acting on behalf of or in connection with any organisation which carries out activities directed towards the overthrowing or influencing of any government de jure or de facto by force or violence. 2. Terrorism Act 2000, s.1: an act of terrorism is any specified action, the use or threat of which is designed to influence any government or to intimidate the public in order to advance a political religious or ideological purpose. The specified actions are actions which: (a) involve serious violence against a person; (b) cause serious damage to property; (c) endanger a person’s life (other than the person committing the act); (d) create a serious risk to the health or safety of the public; or (e) are designed to interfere with or seriously disrupt an electronic system.
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The use of violence for political ends and includes any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public in fear.