113.Section 1 increases the maximum penalty on indictment for three terrorism-related offences to life imprisonment in subsections (1), (2) and (3). These are the offences of making or possession of explosive under suspicious circumstances (section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883); weapons training for terrorism (section 54 of the Terrorism Act 2000); and training for terrorism (section 6 of the Terrorism Act 2006).  Those provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
114.Subsection (4) of section 1 provides that a life sentence may only be imposed for one of these offences where the offence is committed on or after the date of the commencement of these provisions.
Commentary on Sections Dangerous offenders Section 1: Maximum sentence for certain offences to be life imprisonment