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What VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of Changes Opening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyChanges to legislation:There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.N.I.Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 F11969 CHAPTER 16An Act to revise the law of Northern Ireland as to theft and similar or associated offences; and for purposes connected therewith.[10th July 1969]Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F1mod. by 1981 NI 26N.I.N.I.Definition of “theft”1Basic definition of theft.N.I.(1)A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it; and “thief” and “steal” shall be construed accordingly.
2“Dishonestly”.N.I.(1)A person's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest—
3“Appropriates”.N.I.(1)Any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to an appropriation, and this includes, where he has come by the property (innocently or not) without stealing it, any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner.
4“Property”.N.I.(1)“Property” includes money and all other property, real or personal, including things in action and other intangible property.
5“Belonging to another”.N.I.(1)Property shall be regarded as belonging to any person having possession or control of it, or having in it any proprietary right or interest (not being an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to transfer or grant an interest).
6“With the intention of permanently depriving the other of it”.N.I.(1)A person appropriating property belonging to another without meaning the other permanently to lose the thing itself is nevertheless to be regarded as having the intention of permanently depriving the other of it if his intention is to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other's rights; and a borrowing or lending of it may amount to so treating it if, but only if, the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal.
N.I.Theft, robbery, burglary, etc.7Theft.N.I.A person guilty of theft shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
(2)The offences referred to in subsection (1)( a) are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question, of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm F2... and of doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
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(2 )F3Subject 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.
(b)on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding[F4 level 3 on the standard scale]F4, or to both.
(b)“motor vehicle” and “trailer” have the same meanings as in the Road Traffic [F5 (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 [1981 NI 1] ]; and
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N.I.Fraud and blackmail15Obtaining property by deception.N.I.F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F9S. 16 repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14, 15(1)(4), Sch. 1 para. 1(c)(iii), Sch. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 para. 3); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 217False accounting.N.I.(1)Where a person dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another—
18False statements by company directors, etc.N.I.(1)Where an officer of a body corporate or unincorporated association (or person purporting to act as such), with intent to deceive members or creditors of the body corporate or association about its affairs, publishes or concurs in publishing a written statement or account which to his knowledge is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, he shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.
19Suppression etc., of documents.N.I.(1)A person who dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, destroys, defaces or conceals any valuable security, any will or other testamentary document or any original document of or belonging to, or filed or deposited in, any court of justice or any government department shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.
(3)For purposes of this section,F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “valuable security” means any document creating, transferring, surrendering or releasing any right to, in or over property, or authorising the payment of money or delivery of any property, or evidencing the creation, transfer, surrender or release of any such right, or the payment of money or delivery of any property, or the satisfaction of any obligation.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F10S. 19(2) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14, 15(1)(4), Sch. 1 para. 1(c)(iv), Sch. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 para. 3); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2F11Words in s. 19(3) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1)(3), 15(1)(4), Sch. 1 para. 10, Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 220Blackmail.N.I.(1)A person is guilty of blackmail if, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, he makes any unwarranted demand with menaces; and, for this purpose, a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief—
N.I.Offences relating to goods stolen, etc.21Handling stolen goods.N.I.(1)A person handles stolen goods if (otherwise than in the course of the stealing), knowing or believing them to be stolen goods, he dishonestly receives the goods, or dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention, removal, disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person, or if he arranges to do so.
22Advertising rewards for return of goods stolen or lost.N.I.Where any public advertisement of a reward for the return of any goods which have been stolen or lost uses any words to the effect that no questions will be asked, or that the person producing the goods will be safe from apprehension or inquiry, or that any money paid for the purchase of the goods or advanced by way of loan on them will be repaid, the person advertising the reward and any person who prints or publishes the advertisement shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.
23Scope of offences relating to stolen goods.N.I.(1)The provisions of this Act relating to goods which have been stolen shall apply whether the stealing occurred in Northern Ireland or elsewhere, and whether it occurred before or after the commencement of this Act, provided that the stealing (if not an offence under this Act) amounted to an offence where and at the time when the goods were stolen; and references to stolen goods shall be construed accordingly.
(5)For purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to goods which have been stolen (including subsections (1) to (4)), goods obtained in Northern Ireland or elsewhere either by blackmail or [F12, subject to subsection (6), by fraud (within the meaning of the Fraud Act 2006)]F12 shall be regarded as stolen; and “steal” , “theft” and “thief” shall be construed accordingly.
[F13(6)Subsection (1) applies in relation to goods obtained by fraud as if—
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[F15(2A)A credit to an account is wrongful to the extent that it derives from—
(7)Subsection (8) applies for purposes of provisions of this Act relating to stolen goods (including [F17subsection (2A)] ).
[F18(9)“Account” means an account kept with—
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(3)Where a person is charged with an offence under this section, proof that he had with him any article made or adapted for use in committing a [F19burglary or theft]F19 shall be evidence that he had it with him for such use.
(5)For purposes of this section, an offence under section 12(2) of taking a conveyance and an offence under [F21 Article 172 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 [1981 NI 1] ] of taking a motor vehicle shall be treated as theft F22....
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(5)This section is to be construed in accordance with section 23;F23....
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F231989 NI 1226Evidence and procedure on charge of theft or handling stolen goods.N.I.(1)Any number of persons may be charged in one indictment or in one complaint, with reference to the same theft, with having at different times or at the same time handled all or any of the stolen goods, and the persons so charged may be tried together.
27 F24Orders for restitution.N.I.(1)Where goods have been stolen, and [F25 either] a person is convicted of any offence with reference to the theft (whether or not the stealing is the gist of his offence) [F25 or a person is convicted of any other offence and such an offence as aforesaid is taken into consideration in determining his sentence], the court by or before which the offender is convicted may, on the conviction, exercise any of the following powers—
F26[(c)the court may order that a sum not exceeding the value of the first-mentioned goods shall be paid, out of any money of the person convicted which was taken out of his possession on his apprehension, to any person who, if those goods were in the possession of the person convicted, would be entitled to recover them from him.]
(2)Where, under subsection (1), the court has power on a person's conviction to make an order against him both under paragraph ( b) and under paragraph ( c) with reference to the stealing of the same goods, the court may make orders under both paragraphs provided that the [F26 person in whose favour the orders are made] does not thereby recover more than the value of those goods.
(3)Where, under subsection (1), the court on a person's conviction makes an order under paragraph ( a) for the restoration of any goods, and it appears to the court that the person convicted has sold the goods to a person acting in good faith, or has borrowed money on the security of them from a person so acting, …F27, the court may order that there shall be paid to the [F26 purchaser or lender], out of any money of the person convicted which was taken out of his possession on his apprehension, a sum not exceeding the amount paid for the purchase by the [F26 purchaser] or, as the case may be, the amount owed to the [F26 lender] in respect of the loan.
(6)For purposes of this section, references to stealing are to be construed in accordance with section 23(1) and (5), …F27
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N.I.General and consequential provisions29Effect on civil proceedings and rights.N.I.(1 )F28A person shall not be excused, by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the[F29 spouse or civil partner]F29 of that person of an offence under this Act—
but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall, in proceedings for an offence under this Act, be admissible in evidence against that person or (unless they[F29 married or became civil partners after the making of the statement or admission) against the spouse or civil partner]F29 of that person.
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but so that the provisions set out in Schedule 1 (which respectively preserve with modificationsF30..., the offence under the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1862 [1862 c.50] of unlawful possession of the carcase, hide or other part of a sheep and the offence under the Pawnbrokers Act (Ireland) 1788 [1788 c.49] of defacement, etc., before sale at auction, of name or marking on watch or plate) shall have effect as there set out.
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N.I.Supplementary32 F31Interpretation.N.I.(1)Sections 4(1) and 5(1) shall apply generally for purposes of this Act as they apply for purposes of section 1.
(ii)“loss” includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has;F32...
(c)“goods” includes money and every other description of property except land, and includes things severed from the land by stealing.[F32;and]
[F32(d)“mail bag” and “postal packet” have the meanings given by section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000.]
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34Short title.N.I.This Act may be cited as the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.
SCHEDULESSection 30(1).SCHEDULE 1N.I.OFFENCES OF TAKING, ETC., DEER, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CARCASE, ETC., OF SHEEP AND DEFACEMENT, ETC., BEFORE SALE AT AUCTION, OF NAME OR MARKING ON WATCH OR PLATEN.I.N.I.Para. 1 rep. by 1985 NI 2
N.I.Unlawful possession of carcase, etc., of sheep2Where the carcase of any sheep or lamb, or the head, skin or any part thereof, or any fleece thereof, is seized by any person pursuant to section 25(3), any person in whose possession or on whose premises any such carcase, head, skin, part or fleece is found[F33 if he fails to satisfy a court of summary jurisdiction that he came lawfully by such carcase, head, skin, part or fleece]F33 shall, 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.N.I.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F331989 NI 12N.I.Defacement, etc., before sale at auction, of name or marking on watch or plate3Any person who changes, alters or defaces, or causes to be changed, altered or defaced—N.I.(a)any name engraved upon any watch as the maker or owner thereof, or the number of such watch, or the place where the same was made, or any coat of arms or crest thereon; or(b)any name, cypher, crest or arms engraved upon any article or piece of family plate (whether gold or silver);without the consent in writing of the owner thereof or of some person duly authorised to sell the same or to give such consent, shall, unless such watch or article or piece of family plate shall, before such change, alteration or defacement, have been sold at a public auction duly advertised, be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to have handled stolen goods knowing or believing them to be stolen goods.
N.I.Schedule 2—Amendments
N.I.Schedule 3—Repeals