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References
- ↑ Digitised copy of section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 from Legislation.gov.uk.
- ↑ Scott v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1975] AC 819 at 836, per Viscount Dilhorne
- ↑ The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, section 17(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 28
- ↑ The Theft Act 1968, section 17(1)
- ↑ The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, section 32(1)
- ↑ The Visiting Forces Act 1952, section 3(6) and Schedule, paragraph 3(g) (as inserted by the Theft Act 1968, Schedule 2, Part III)
- ↑ The Criminal Justice Act 1993, section 1(2)(a)
- ↑ The Visiting Forces Act 1952, section 3(6) and Schedule, paragraph 3(g) (as inserted by the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, Schedule 3, Part III)
- ↑ The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)), article 45 and paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 (as substituted by article 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1883 (N.I. 15)
- ↑ The Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, section 17(1)
- ↑ The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I.26)) ation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/46 article 46(4)]
- ↑ The Criminal Justice Act 2011, section 3(1)(a) and paragraph 23 of Schedule 1