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done, have constituted an offence falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph, or

(ii) in the case of a contravention of subsection (3) or (4), the act threatened would, had it been done, have constituted such an offence”; and

(b) at the end of paragraph 3 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(k) an offence under section 2 of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983, where the circumstances are that—

(i) in the case of a contravention of subsection (2), the act falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection would, had it been done, have constituted an offence falling within the foregoing sub-paragraphs, or

(ii) in the case of a contravention of subsection (3) or (4), the act threatened would, had it been done, have constituted such an offence.”

(3) In Part I of Schedule 4 to the 1978 c. 5.Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (scheduled offences for the purposes of that Act),—

(a) in paragraph 12, for the words “note 4” there shall be substituted the words “notes 4 and 5” and at the end there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

“(c) section 1 (theft);

(d) section 9 (burglary);

(e) section 15 (obtaining property by deception);

(f) section 20 (blackmail)”;

(b) the paragraph inserted by section 2(3) of the 1982 c. 28.Taking of Hostages Act 1982 as paragraph 19A shall be renumbered 19B and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following—

“Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983

19C. Offences under section 2 of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (offences involving nuclear material: preparatory acts and threats)”; and

(c) in the Notes, for note 4 there shall be substituted the following notes—

4. Robbery and aggravated burglary are scheduled offences only where it is charged—