Point in time view as at 01/02/1991.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, Section 5.
(1)For subsection (1) of section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (definition of the offence of conspiracy) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either—
(a)will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or
(b)would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible,
he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question.”
(2)This section shall not apply where an agreement was entered into before the commencement of this Act unless the conspiracy continued to exist after that date.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 5, 7(1), 10 and Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
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