Crime and Courts Act 2013

Yn ddilys o 24/02/2014

Statutory offences E+W

17 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Theft Act 1968—

(a) section 1 (theft);

(b) section 17 (false accounting);

(c) section 20 (suppression etc of documents);

(d) section 24A (dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit).

18 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979—

(a) section 68 (offences in relation to exportation of prohibited or restricted goods);

(b) section 167 (untrue declarations etc);

(c) section 170 (fraudulent evasion of duty etc).

19 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981—

(a) section 1 (forgery);

(b) section 2 (copying a false instrument);

(c) section 3 (using a false instrument);

(d) section 4 (using a copy of a false instrument);

(e) section 5 (offences relating to money orders, share certificates, passports etc).

20 E+W An offence under section 450 of the Companies Act 1985 (destroying, mutilating etc company documents).

21 E+W An offence under section 72 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (fraudulent evasion of VAT).

22 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000—

(a) section 23 (contravention of prohibition of carrying on regulated activity unless authorised or exempt);

(b) section 25 (contravention of restrictions on financial promotion);

(c) section 85 (prohibition of dealing etc in transferable securities without approved prospectus);

(d) section 346 (provision of false or misleading statements to auditor or actuary);

(e) section 397 (misleading statements and practices);

(f) section 398 (misleading the FSA).

23 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—

(a) section 327 (concealing etc criminal property);

(b) section 328 (arrangements facilitating acquisition etc of criminal property);

(c) section 329 (acquisition, use and possession of criminal property);

(d) section 330 (failing to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering);

(e) section 333A (tipping off).

24 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Companies Act 2006—

(a) section 658 (general rule against limited company acquiring its own shares);

(b) section 680 (prohibited financial assistance);

(c) section 993 (fraudulent trading).

25 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Fraud Act 2006—

(a) section 1 (fraud);

(b) section 6 (possession etc of articles for use in frauds);

(c) section 7 (making or supplying articles for use in frauds);

(d) section 11 (obtaining services dishonestly).

26 E+W An offence under any of the following sections of the Bribery Act 2010—

(a) section 1 (bribing another person);

(b) section 2 (being bribed);

(c) section 6 (bribery of foreign public officials);

(d) section 7 (failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery).

27 E+W An offence under regulation 45 of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2157).