THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 30 Effect on existing law and construction of references to offences.

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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 30

Effect on existing law and construction of references to offences.

30.(1) The following offences are hereby abolished for all purposes not
relating to offences committed before the commencement of this Act, that is to
say

(a)any offence at common law of larceny, robbery, burglary, receiving stolen
property, obtaining property by threats, extortion by colour of office or
franchise, false accounting by public officers, concealment of treasure trove
and, except as regards offences relating to the public revenue, cheating; and

(b)any offence under an enactment mentioned in Part I of Schedule 3, to the
extent to which the offence depends on any section or part of a section
included in column 3 of that Schedule;

(2) Except as regards offences committed before the commencement of this Act,
and except in so far as the context otherwise requires,

(a)references in any enactment passed before this Act to an offence abolished
by this Act shall, subject to any express amendment or repeal made by
this Act, have effect as references to the corresponding offence under
this Act; and, in any such enactment, the expression "receive" (when it
relates to an offence of receiving) shall mean handle, and "receiver" shall be
construed accordingly; and

(b)without prejudice to paragraph (a), references in any enactment, whenever
passed, to theft or stealing (including references to stolen goods), and
references to robbery, blackmail, burglary, aggravated burglary or handling
stolen goods, shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, including those of section 23.

S.31(1), with Schedule 2, effects amendments; subs.(2), with Schedule 3,
effects repeals

Interpretation.

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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 30