Tougher penalties for undersea sabotage
“The UK’s undersea cables and pipelines will be better protected from hostile threats under plans unveiled today to introduce tougher prison sentences and unlimited fines on ship owners that damage critical national infrastructure.”
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Where it stands
The Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, said the government is toughening the law. A White Paper published the same day proposes new offences, prison sentences of up to 14 years for intentionally damaging undersea energy and telecoms infrastructure, and new security duties on subsea telecoms cable providers. It opens a 12-week consultation. No date is given for a Bill. The card moves when legislation is introduced in Parliament.
What has happened
- Oct 2026The government sets out plans for tougher prison sentences and unlimited fines for damaging undersea cables and pipelines, Promised
About the cost
No cost has been published.
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