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Recommendation 5

5 Paragraph: 28

To ensure that there is the required level of legal certainty for the creation of...

Recommendation
To ensure that there is the required level of legal certainty for the creation of a criminal offence, the Government should consider clarifying the phrase prejudicial to the “safety and interests of the United Kingdom” either to specify the types of conduct envisaged, or to include a threshold test as to the severity of the prejudice to the interests of the United Kingdom.
Paragraph Reference: 28