Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

32 F1Interpretation.N.I.

(1)Sections 4(1) and 5(1) shall apply generally for purposes of this Act as they apply for purposes of section 1.

(2)For purposes of this Act—

(a)enactment” means any statutory provision within the meaning of section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] ;

(b)“gain” and “loss” are to be construed as extending only to gain or loss in money or other property, but as extending to any such gain or loss whether temporary or permanent; and—

(i)gain” includes a gain by keeping what one has, as well as a gain by getting what one has not; and

(ii)loss” includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has;F2. . .

(c)goods” includes money and every other description of property except land, and includes things severed from the land by stealing.[F2;and]

[F2(d)“mail bag” and “postal packet” have the meanings given by section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000.]

F2SI 2003/2908