45Conspiring to commit criminal conductU.K.
(1)For the purpose of determining whether an agreement that a course of conduct be pursued is an offence under section 42—
(a)sections 1(1) and 2 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) (conspiracy) have effect as if any reference to an offence included a reference to an act that, if done in England or Wales, would be punishable by the law of England and Wales; and
(b)section 1(2) of that Act has effect as if it read—
“(2)Where liability for any offence may be incurred without knowledge on the part of the person committing it of any particular fact or circumstance necessary for the commission of it, a person is nevertheless not guilty by virtue of subsection (1) above of conspiracy to commit—
(a)that offence, or
(b)an act that would amount to that offence if done in England or Wales,
unless he and at least one other party to the agreement intend or know that that fact or circumstance shall or will exist at the time when the conduct constituting the offence, or the act, is to take place.”
(2)Section 42(6) applies for the purposes of section 1(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 as substituted by this section.
Commencement Information
I1S. 45 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
I2S. 45 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4