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1. Manslaughter.N.I.
2. Kidnapping.N.I.
3. Riot.N.I.
4. Affray.N.I.
5. False imprisonment.N.I.
6. An offence under—N.I.
section 4 (soliciting murder),
section 16 (threats to kill),
section 18 (wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm),
section 20 (malicious wounding),
section 21 (attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence),
section 22 (using chloroform etc. to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence)
section 23 (maliciously administering poison etc. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm),
section 27 (abandoning children),
section 28 (causing bodily injury by explosives),
section 29 (using explosives etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm),
section 30 (placing explosives with intent to do bodily injury),
section 31 (setting spring guns etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm),
section 32 (endangering the safety of railway passengers),
section 35 (injuring persons by furious driving), or
section 37 (assaulting officer preserving wreck).
7. An offence under section 47 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.N.I.
8. An offence under—N.I.
section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or property),
section 3 (attempt to cause explosion, or making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property), or
section 4 (possession of explosives or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).
9. An offence under section 1 (infanticide).N.I.
10. An offence under section 25 (child destruction).N.I.
11. An offence under section 7(1)(b) (assault with intent to resist arrest).N.I.
12. An offence under section 20 (cruelty to children).N.I.
13. An offence under section 8 (robbery or assault with intent to rob).N.I.
14. An offence under section 9 of burglary with intent to—N.I.
(a)inflict grievous bodily harm on a person, or
(b)do unlawful damage to a building or anything in it.
15. An offence under section 10 (aggravated burglary).N.I.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 15A and preceding cross-heading inserted (5.5.2011) by virtue of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 57(1)(b)(2), 111(1)(b) (with s. 106(4), Sch. 6 para. 6)
15A An offence under section 2 (hi-jacking of vehicles or ships).]N.I.
16. An offence of arson under Article 3.N.I.
17. An offence under Article 3(2) (destroying or damaging property) other than offence of arsonN.I.
18. An offence under Article 172B (aggravated vehicle-taking causing death or grievous bodily injury).N.I.
19. An offence under section 1 (hostage-taking).N.I.
20. An offence under—N.I.
section 1 (hijacking),
section 2 (destroying, damaging or endangering safety of aircraft),
section 3 (other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of aircraft), or
section 4 (offences in relation to certain dangerous articles).
21. An offence under Article 121 (ill-treatment of patients).N.I.
22. An offence under section 134 (torture).N.I.
23. An offence under—N.I.
section 1 (endangering safety at aerodromes),
section 9 (hijacking of ships),
section 10 (seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms),
section 11 (destroying fixed platforms or endangering their safety),
section 12 (other acts endangering or likely to endanger safe navigation), or
section 13 (offences involving threats).
24. An offence under Part 2 (offences relating to Channel Tunnel trains and the tunnel system).N.I.
25. An offence under—N.I.
Article 9 (causing death or grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving), or
Article 14 (causing death or grievous bodily injury by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs).
26. An offence under Article 6 (putting people in fear of violence).N.I.
27. An offence under section 66 (assaulting or obstructing a constable etc.).N.I.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 27A and preceding cross-heading inserted (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 139(6), 182(5) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 38); S.I. 2010/28, art. 2(a)
F327A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 27A omitted (12.4.2019) by virtue of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(3), Sch. 4 para. 14(a) (with s. 25(5))
28. An offence under section 51 or 52 (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and related offences), other than one involving murder.N.I.
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 28A and preceding cross-heading inserted (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 139(7), 182(5) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 38); S.I. 2010/28, art. 2(a)
F528A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 28A omitted (12.4.2019) by virtue of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(3), Sch. 4 para. 14(b) (with s. 25(5))
29. An offence under—N.I.
section 1 (female genital mutilation),
section 2 (assisting a girl to mutilate her own genitalia), or
section 3 (assisting a non-UK person to mutilate overseas a girl's genitalia).
30. An offence under section 5 (causing or allowing [F6a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm] ).N.I.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 2 para. 30 substituted (14.3.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 6 para. 4 (with Sch. 8 para. 11); S.R. 2016/136, art. 2(b)
31. An offence under—N.I.
Article 58 (possession with intent),
Article 59 (use of firearm to resist arrest),
Article 60 (carrying firearm with criminal intent), or
Article 64 (possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances).
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 31A and preceding cross-heading inserted (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 139(8), 182(5) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 38); S.I. 2010/28, art. 2(a)
F831A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 31A omitted (12.4.2019) by virtue of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(3), Sch. 4 para. 14(c) (with s. 25(5))
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 31A and crossheading inserted (14.1.2015) by Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 2), ss. 5(3), 28(2)
31A An offence under—N.I.
section 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour);
section 2 (human trafficking) which is not within Part 2 of this Schedule.]
Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 31B and cross-heading inserted (29.7.2021) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 12 para. 31; S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 117 (with reg. 3)
31B An offence under—N.I.
paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 (hijacking of spacecraft),
paragraph 2 of that Schedule (destroying, damaging or endangering safety of spacecraft),
paragraph 3 of that Schedule (other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of spacecraft),
paragraph 4 of that Schedule (endangering safety at spaceports), or
paragraph 5 of that Schedule (offences in relation to certain dangerous articles).]
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 31C and cross-heading inserted (26.6.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), s. 30(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(b); S.R. 2023/87, art. 2(b)
31C. An offence under section 28 (non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation).]N.I.
32. An offence of—N.I.
(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.
33. An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27) (encouraging or assisting crime) in relation to an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule.N.I.
34. An attempt to commit murder or a conspiracy to commit murder.N.I.
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