SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Offences in Republic of Ireland Triable in Northern Ireland

Part I

Common law offences

1

Murder.

2

Manslaughter.

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4

Kidnapping.

5

False imprisonment.

F2Criminal damage

F36

Any offence under section 35 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (interference with railways).

F46A

Any offence under Article 3(1) and (3) or Article 3(2) and (3) of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (arson).

Offences against the person

7

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Offences against the M1Person Act 1861—

(i)

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

(ii)

section 20 (causing grievous bodily harm).

Explosive substances

8

An offence under any of the following provisions of the M2Explosive Substances Act 1883—

(i)

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

(ii)

section 3 (attempting to cause any such explosion, and making or possessing explosive with intent to endanger life or damage property);

(iii)

section 4 (making or possessing explosive in suspicious circumstances).

Note. The said sections 2 and 3 are amended by section 7 of this Act.

Firearms

F59

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004—

(i)

Article 58(1) (possession of firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property);

(ii)

Article 59(1) (use of firearm or imitation firearm with intent to resist arrest);

(iii)

Article 59(2) (possession of firearm or imitation firearm when committing or arrested for specified offences) where the specified offence is one under Article 172 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (taking and driving away motor vehicle);

(iv)

Article 60 (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit indictable offence or prevent arrest of self or another);

(v)

Article 64 (possession of firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).

Aggravated theft

10

(1)

An offence under any of the following provisions of the M3Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969—

(i)

section 8 (robbery);

(ii)

section 10 (aggravated burglary).

(2)

Robbery and aggravated burglary are included in this Schedule only where it is charged that an explosive, firearm, imitation firearm or weapon of offence was used to commit the offence; and expressions defined in the said section 10 have the same meaning when used in this sub-paragraph.

Hijacking

11

An offence under section 1 of the F6the Aviation Security Act 1982 (hijacking aircraft).

F7 Endangering safety at aerodromes

11A

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

F8 Offences relating to ships and fixed platforms

11B

An offence under section 9 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (hijacking of ships) or under section 10 of that Act (seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms).