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SCHEDULE 1U.K. List of Offences

Common law offencesU.K.

1U.K.Murder.

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2U.K.Manslaughter or culpable homicide.

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3U.K.Rape [F1under the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland].

4U.K.Kidnapping, abduction or plagium.

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5U.K.False imprisonment.

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6U.K.Assault occasioning actual bodily harm or causing injury.

7U.K.Wilful fire-raising.

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Offences against the personU.K.

8U.K.An offence under any of the following provisions of the Offences against the M1Person Act 1861—

[F2(za)section 4 (soliciting etc. to commit murder);]

(a)section 18 (wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm);

(b)section 20 (causing grievous bodily harm);

(c)section 21 (attempting to choke etc. in order to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence);

(d)section 22 (using chloroform etc. to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence);

(e)section 23 (maliciously administering poison etc. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm);

(f)section 24 (maliciously administering poison etc. with intent to injure etc.);

(g)section 48 (rape).

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[F39U.K.An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003—

(a)sections 1 or 2 (rape, assault by penetration);

(b)section 4 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent), where the activity caused involved penetration within subsection (4)(a) to (d) of that section;

(c)section 5 or 6 (rape of a child under 13, assault of a child under 13 by penetration);

(d)section 8 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity), where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused;

(e)section 30 (sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice), where the touching involved penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section;

(f)section 31 (causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity), where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused.]

[F49AU.K.The offence of torture under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.]

AbductionU.K.

10U.K.An offence under any of the following provisions of the Offences against the M2Person Act 1861—

(a)section 55 (abduction of unmarried girl under 16);

(b)section 56 (child-stealing or receiving stolen child).

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11U.K.F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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[F6 Taking of hostagesU.K.

11AU.K.An offence under the Taking of Hostages Act 1982.]

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[F711BU.K.An offence under section 2 of the Child Abduction Act 1984 (abduction of child by person other than parent etc.) or any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland.]

ExplosivesU.K.

12U.K.An offence under any of the following provisions of the Offences against the M3Person Act 1861—

(a)section 28 (causing bodily injury by gunpowder);

(b)section 29 (causing gunpowder to explode etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm);

(c)section 30 (placing gunpowder near a building etc. with intent to cause bodily injury).

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13U.K.An offence under any of the following provisions of the M4Explosive Substances Act 1883—

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[F8 Nuclear materialU.K.

13AU.K.An offence under any provision of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983.]

(a)section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or property);

(b)section 3 (doing any act with intent to cause such an explosion, conspiring to cause such an explosion, or making or possessing explosive with intent to endanger life or property).

FirearmsU.K.

14U.K.The following offences under the M5Firearms Act 1968—

(a)an offence under section 16 (possession of firearm with intent to injure);

(b)an offence under subsection (1) of section 17 (use of firearm or imitation firearm to resist arrest) involving the use or attempted use of a firearm within the meaning of that section.

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[F915U.K.The following offences under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004—

(a)an offence under Article 58(1) consisting of a person’s having in his possession any firearm or ammunition within the meaning of that Article with intent by that means to endanger life, or to enable another person by that means to endanger life;

(b)an offence under Article 59(1) (use of firearm or imitation firearm to resist arrest) involving the use or attempted use of a firearm within the meaning of that Article.]

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Offences against propertyU.K.

16U.K.An offence under section 1(2) of the M6Criminal Damage Act 1971 (destroying or damaging property intending to endanger life or being reckless as to danger to life).

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17U.K.An offence under Article 3(2) of the M7Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (destroying or damaging property intending to endanger life or being reckless as to danger to life).

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Offences in relation to aircraftU.K.

[F1018U.K.An offence under Part I of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (other than an offence under section 4 or 7 of that Act)]

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[F1118AU.K.An offence under section 1 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.]

Offences relating to ships and fixed platformsU.K.

18BU.K.An offence under Part II of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (other than an offence under section 15 of that Act).

[F12Offences relating to Channel Tunnel trains and the tunnel system]U.K.

Extent Information

E1Sch. 1 para. 18C and crossheading apply outside the United Kingdom only where jurisdiction is conferred by art. 30 or 38 of the international articles as defined in S.I. 1994/570, art. 3(1)(3).

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F12Sch. 1 para. 18C and crossheading inserted (5.3.1994) by S.I. 1994/570, art. 38, Sch. 3 para.2.

[F1318CU.K.An offence under Part II of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 No. 570.]

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E2Sch. 1 para. 18C and crossheading apply outside the United Kingdom only where jurisdiction is conferred by art. 30 or 38 of the international articles as defined in S.I. 1994/570, art. 3(1)(3).

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F13Sch. 1 para. 18C and crossheading inserted (5.3.1994) by S.I. 1994/570, art. 38, Sch. 3 para.2.

[F14 Financing terrorismU.K.

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F14Sch. 1 para. 19A and cross-heading substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 3(2); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2(a)

F1519AU.K.An offence under any of sections 15 to 18 of the Terrorism Act 2000.]

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F15Sch. 1 para. 19A and cross-heading substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 3(2); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2(a)

AttemptsU.K.

20U.K.An offence of attempting to commit any offence mentioned in a preceding paragraph of this Schedule.

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[F16 ConspiracyU.K.

21U.K.An offence of conspiring to commit any offence mentioned in a preceding paragraph of this Schedule.]

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