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Criminal Justice Act 2003

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Part 1Specified violent offences

1Manslaughter.

2Kidnapping.

3False imprisonment.

4An offence under section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (c. 100) (soliciting murder).

5An offence under section 16 of that Act (threats to kill).

6An offence under section 18 of that Act (wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm).

7An offence under section 20 of that Act (malicious wounding).

8An offence under section 21 of that Act (attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence).

9An offence under section 22 of that Act (using chloroform etc. to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence).

10An offence under section 23 of that Act (maliciously administering poison etc. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm).

11An offence under section 27 of that Act (abandoning children).

12An offence under section 28 of that Act (causing bodily injury by explosives).

13An offence under section 29 of that Act (using explosives etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm).

14An offence under section 30 of that Act (placing explosives with intent to do bodily injury).

15An offence under section 31 of that Act (setting spring guns etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm).

16An offence under section 32 of that Act (endangering the safety of railway passengers).

17An offence under section 35 of that Act (injuring persons by furious driving).

18An offence under section 37 of that Act (assaulting officer preserving wreck).

19An offence under section 38 of that Act (assault with intent to resist arrest).

20An offence under section 47 of that Act (assault occasioning actual bodily harm).

21An offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3) (causing explosion likely to endanger life or property).

22An offence under section 3 of that Act (attempt to cause explosion, or making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property).

23An offence under section 1 of the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (c. 34) (child destruction).

24An offence under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12) (cruelty to children).

25An offence under section 1 of the Infanticide Act 1938 (c. 36) (infanticide).

26An offence under section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) (possession of firearm with intent to endanger life).

27An offence under section 16A of that Act (possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence).

28An offence under section 17(1) of that Act (use of firearm to resist arrest).

29An offence under section 17(2) of that Act (possession of firearm at time of committing or being arrested for offence specified in Schedule 1 to that Act).

30An offence under section 18 of that Act (carrying a firearm with criminal intent).

31An offence under section 8 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) (robbery or assault with intent to rob).

32An offence under section 9 of that Act of burglary with intent to—

(a)inflict grievous bodily harm on a person, or

(b)do unlawful damage to a building or anything in it.

33An offence under section 10 of that Act (aggravated burglary).

34An offence under section 12A of that Act (aggravated vehicle-taking) involving an accident which caused the death of any person.

35An offence of arson under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48).

36An offence under section 1(2) of that Act (destroying or damaging property) other than an offence of arson.

37An offence under section 1 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28) (hostage-taking).

38An offence under section 1 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36) (hijacking).

39An offence under section 2 of that Act (destroying, damaging or endangering safety of aircraft).

40An offence under section 3 of that Act (other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of aircraft).

41An offence under section 4 of that Act (offences in relation to certain dangerous articles).

42An offence under section 127 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) (ill-treatment of patients).

43An offence under section 1 of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 (c. 38) (prohibition of female circumcision).

44An offence under section 1 of the Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) (riot).

45An offence under section 2 of that Act (violent disorder).

46An offence under section 3 of that Act (affray).

47An offence under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (torture).

48An offence under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (causing death by dangerous driving).

49An offence under section 3A of that Act (causing death by careless driving when under influence of drink or drugs).

50An offence under section 1 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31) (endangering safety at aerodromes).

51An offence under section 9 of that Act (hijacking of ships).

52An offence under section 10 of that Act (seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms).

53An offence under section 11 of that Act (destroying fixed platforms or endangering their safety).

54An offence under section 12 of that Act (other acts endangering or likely to endanger safe navigation).

55An offence under section 13 of that Act (offences involving threats).

56An offence under Part II of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/570) (offences relating to Channel Tunnel trains and the tunnel system).

57An offence under section 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c. 40) (putting people in fear of violence).

58An offence under section 29 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (racially or religiously aggravated assaults).

59An offence falling within section 31(1)(a) or (b) of that Act (racially or religiously aggravated offences under section 4 or 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64)).

60An offence under section 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17) (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and related offences), other than one involving murder.

61An offence under section 1 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31) (female genital mutilation).

62An offence under section 2 of that Act (assisting a girl to mutilate her own genitalia).

63An offence under section 3 of that Act (assisting a non-UK person to mutilate overseas a girl’s genitalia).

64An offence of—

(a)aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule,

(b)conspiring to commit an offence so specified, or

(c)attempting to commit an offence so specified.

65An attempt to commit murder or a conspiracy to commit murder.

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