Select Committee on Home Affairs Written Evidence


Annex A

SUMMARY ONLY OFFENCES

Any summary only offence, including

  Common assault (level 5)

  Assaulting a police officer (level 5)

  Obstructing a police officer (level 3)

  Section 4 and 4A Public Order Act 1986 (level 5)

  Section 5 Public Order Act 1986 (level 3)

  Violent behaviour in a police station (level 1)

  Drunk and disorderly (level 3)

  Simple drunk (level 1)

  Indecent exposure (level 3)

  Prostitution (level 2, or if after similar conviction, level 3)

  Kerb crawling (level 3)

  Unlawful taking of a motor vehicle (level 5) section 12 Theft Act 1968

  Interference with vehicles (level 4) Criminal Attempts Act 1981

but excluding any offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988EITHER WAY OFFENCES AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT THESE OFFENCES

The following offences triable either way specified in the Theft Act 1968:

  Theft (section1-7)

  Removal of articles from places open to the public (section 11)

  Abstracting electricity (section 13)

    —     Obtaining property by deception (section 15)

    —     Obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception (section 16)

  False accounting (section17)

  Handling stolen goods (section 22)

  Going equipped for stealing etc (section 25)

The following offences triable either way specified in the Theft Act 1978:

    —     Obtaining services by deception (section1)

    —     Evasion of liability by deception (section 2)

  Making off without payment (section 3)

    —     If the offence was committed before 15 January 2007

The following offences triable either way specified in the Fraud Act 2006

  Making a false representation (sections 1 & 2)

  Failing to disclose information (sections 1 & 3)

  Fraud by abuse of position (sections 1 & 4)

  Possession of articles for use in frauds (section 6)

  Making or supply articles for use in frauds (section7)

  Obtaining services dishonesty (section 11)

The following offences triable either way specified in the Criminal Damage Act 1971

  Destroying or damaging property (section 1(1))

  Threats to destroy or damage property (section 2)

  Possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property (section 3)

The following offence triable either way specified in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

  Possession of any class of drug (consistent with personal use) (section5)

The following offence triable either way specified in the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

  Forgery of documents (including offences involving use of driving licence and insurance with intent to deceive) (section 173)

The following offence triable either way specified in the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

  Forgery and Fraud (including fraudulent use of excise licence) (section 44)





 
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