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Offences under section 13 of the Stamp Duties Management Act 1891; and supplementary offences under sections 14 and 15; Offences under section 6 of the Hallmarking Act 1973; Offences under section 126 of the Mental Health Act 1983; Offences under sections 121 and 122(6) of the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868; Motor vehicle document offences:
This constituted the vast majority of offences, including rape, theft, serious assault, burglary and criminal damage. Offences that were listed in Schedule 1A of the Act, which contained a long list of offences that do not attract a 5-year sentence but were considered to require the powers an 'Arrestable Offence' designation confers.
As most powers of arrest relied on the offence being a felony, a new set of arrest criteria were introduced by the Criminal Law Act 1967, which created the arrestable offence (defined as an offence where an adult could be sentenced to imprisonment for five years or more).
Offences relating to entering and remaining on property (s6 to s8 of the Criminal Law Act 1977) Fear or provocation of violence (s4 Public Order Act 1986) Driving etc. when under the influence of drink or drugs (s4 Road Traffic Act 1988) Failing to stop (s163 Road Traffic Act 1988) Offences involving drink or drugs (s27 Transport and Works Act ...
The term arrestable offence ceased to have effect as, bar a few preserved exemptions, one power of arrest now applies to all offences when the arrest is made by a constable. Where the threshold of an arrestable offence was previously used to enable specific powers of search or powers to delay certain entitlements, these powers are preserved ...
Offences under sections 75 to 77 of the Marriage Act 1949; Offences under section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860; Offences under section 7 of the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880; Offences under section 59 of the Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847; Offences under articles 18 and 19 of the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 ...
Obtaining property by deception; Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829; Offences Against the Person Act 1828; Offences Against the Person Act 1837; Offences Against the Person Act 1861; Offences Against the Person Act 1875; Offences at Sea Act 1799; Official Secrets Act; Omissions in English criminal law; Operation Spanner; Outraging ...
Although it is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, most of its provisions (except for some minor exceptions) apply only to England and Wales.. Several of the act's provisions were adopted, word for word, for Northern Ireland by the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 18) (NI) and the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 28) (NI).