THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12 Taking of vehicles and other conveyances without authority.

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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12

Taking of vehicles and other conveyances without authority.

12.Subs.(1) rep. by 1970 c.2 (NI) s.192 sch.5

(2) Subject to subsection (7), a person shall be guilty of an offence if,
without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes
any conveyance for his own or another's use or, knowing that any conveyance
has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be
carried in or on it.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall

(a)on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years;

(b)on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both.

(4) On the trial of any indictment for the theft of a conveyance, the jury may
acquit the defendant of theft and find him guilty of an offence under
subsection (2).

(5) A court of summary jurisdiction dealing summarily with the offence of
theft of a conveyance may acquit the defendant of theft and find him guilty of
an offence under subsection (2).

(6) Offences under subsection (2) and attempts to commit them shall be deemed
for all purposes to be arrestable offences within the meaning of section 2 of
the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

(7) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (2) by anything done
in the belief that he has lawful authority to do it or that he would have the
owner's consent if the owner knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it.

(8) For purposes of this section

(a)"conveyance" means any conveyance (other than a motor vehicle, trailer or
pedal cycle) constructed or adapted, whether or not as its primary purpose,
for the carriage of a person or persons, whether by land, water or air, except
that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only
under the control of a person not carried in or on it, and "drive" shall be
construed accordingly;

(b)"motor vehicle" and "trailer" have the same meanings as in the Road Traffic
[(Northern Ireland) Order 1981]; and

(c)"owner", in relation to a conveyance which is the subject of a hiring
agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the
conveyance under that agreement.

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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 12