PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Theft Act 1968 (c. 60)

278 Obtaining a money transfer by deception: interpretation
1 Section 15B of the Theft Act 1968 (obtaining a money transfer by deception: interpretation) is amended as follows.
Section 15B was inserted by the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996 (c. 62) s. 1(1).
2 In subsection (4), the words after paragraph (b) are repealed.
3 After that subsection insert—

“4A References in subsection (4) to a deposit must be read with—
(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(b) any relevant order under that section; and
(c) Schedule 2 to that Act,
but any restriction on the meaning of deposit which arises from the identity of the person making it is to be disregarded.”

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