5 Significant links with domestic jurisdiction

5  Significant links with domestic jurisdiction

(1)     The following provisions of this section apply for the interpretation of section 4 above.

[(1A)     In relation to an offence under section 1, 3, 3ZA or 3A, where the accused was in a country outside the United Kingdom at the time of the act constituting the offence there is a significant link with domestic jurisdiction if—

(a)     the accused was a United Kingdom national at that time; and

(b)     the act constituted an offence under the law of the country in which it occurred.

(1B)     In subsection (1A)—

“country” includes territory;

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