The Theft (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1997 No. 277 — creates 4 criminal offences.

Made

12 February 1997

In force from

23 March 1997

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974, Theft (Amendment) Act 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order is made only for purposes corresponding to the purposes of the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996. This Order amends the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 by inserting two new offences of dishonestly obtaining a money transfer by deception, and of dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit. It also amends the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 to enable certain loans to be treated as services that can be obtained by deception.

Offences created by this instrument

• Obtaining a money transfer by deception article 15A(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit article 23A(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Obtaining a money transfer by deception article 3(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit article 4(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

How Parliament handled it

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