Part IN.I. Substantive Offences
Common law offencesN.I.
1N.I.Murder . . . .
2N.I.Manslaughter . . . .
3N.I.Riot . . . .
4N.I.Kidnapping . . . .
5N.I.False imprisonment . . . .
Malicious Damage Act 1861 (c. 97)N.I.
6N.I.Offences under section 35 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (interference with railway) . . . .
Textual Amendments
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Offences against the Person Act 1861 (c. 100)N.I.
7N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 . . . —
(a)section 4 (offences relating to murder),
(b)section 16 (threats to kill),
(c)section 18 (wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm),
(d)section 20 (causing grievous bodily harm),
(e)section 29 (causing explosion or sending explosive substance or throwing corrosive liquid with intent to cause grievous bodily harm), and
(f)section 47 (assault occasioning actual bodily harm).
Textual Amendments
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Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3)N.I.
8N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 . . . —
(a)section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or damage property),
(b)section 3 (intending or conspiring to cause any such explosion, and making or possessing explosive with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property), and
(c)section 4 (making or possessing explosives in suspicious circumstances).
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 18 (N.I.))N.I.
9N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 . . . —
(a)section 25 (being unlawfully at large while under sentence),
(b)section 26 (escaping from lawful custody and failing to surrender to bail),
(c)section 27 (attempting to break prison),
(d)section 28 (breaking prison by force or violence),
(e)section 29 (rescuing or assisting or permitting to escape from lawful custody persons under sentence of death or life imprisonment),
(f)section 30 (rescuing or assisting or permitting to escape from lawful custody persons other than persons under sentence of death or life imprisonment),
(g)section 32 (causing discharge of prisoner under pretended authority), and
(h)section 33 (assisting prisoners to escape by conveying things into prisons).
Textual Amendments
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Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16 (N.I.))N.I.
10N.I.[Subject to notes 2 and 3 below,] offences under the following provisions of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969—
(a)section 1 (theft) . . . ,
(b)section 8 (robbery) . . . ,
(c)section 9 (burglary) . . . ,
(d)section 10 (aggravated burglary) . . . , [and]
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)section 20 (blackmail) . . . .
Textual Amendments
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Protection of the Person and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 29 (N.I.))N.I.
11N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Protection of the Person and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 . . . —
(a)section 1 (intimidation),
(b)section 2 (making or possessing petrol bomb, etc. in suspicious circumstances), and
(c)section 3 (throwing or using petrol bomb, etc.).
Textual Amendments
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HijackingN.I.
12N.I.Offences under section 1 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (aircraft) . . . .
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
13N.I.Offences in Northern Ireland under section 2 of the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 (vehicles or ships) . . . .
Textual Amendments
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Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/426 (N.I. 4))N.I.
14N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 . . . —
(a)Article 3(1) and (3) or Article 3(2) and (3) (arson),
(b)Article 3(2) (destroying or damaging property with intent to endanger life),
(c)Article 4 (threats to destroy or damage property), and
(d)Article 5 (possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property).
Textual Amendments
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Criminal Law (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1249 (N.I. 16))N.I.
15N.I.Offences under Article 3 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (bomb hoaxes) . . . .
Textual Amendments
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[ Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 ( S.I. 2004/ (N.I. )) ] N.I.
[16N.I. Offences under the following provisions of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 . . . —
(a) Article 24(1)(manufacturing, dealing in, repairing, etc. , firearm or ammunition without firearms dealer’s certificate),
(b) Article 37(1), (2) or (4)(sale, etc. , of firearm or ammunition),
(c) Article 45(1)(manufacturing, dealing in or possessing certain weapons, etc. ),
(d)Article 58(1)(possessing firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property),
(e)Article 59 (use or attempted use of firearm or imitation firearm to prevent arrest of self or another),
(f)Article 60 (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit indictable offence or prevent arrest of self or another),
(g) Article 61 (carrying firearm, etc. in public place) subject to note 4 below,
(h) Article 63 (possession of firearm or ammunition by person who has been sentenced to imprisonment, etc. and sale of firearm or ammunition to such a person),
(i)Article 64 (possessing firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances), and
(j)Article 67 (shortening barrel of shotgun or converting imitation firearm into firearm).]
Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28)N.I.
17N.I.Offences under the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 . . . .
Textual Amendments
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Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (c. 18)N.I.
18N.I.Offences under section 2 of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (offences involving nuclear material: preparatory acts and threats) . . . .
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c. 18)N.I.
19N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 . . . —
(a)section 1 (unauthorised access to computer material),
(b)section 2 (unauthorised access with intent to commit further offence), and
(c)section 3 (unauthorised modification).
Textual Amendments
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Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31)N.I.
20N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 . . . —
(a)section 1 (endangering safety at aerodromes),
(b)section 9 (hijacking of ships), and
(c)section 10 (seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms).
Textual Amendments
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Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/570)N.I.
21N.I.Offences under the following provisions of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 . . . —
(a)Article 4 (hijacking of Channel Tunnel trains), and
(b)Article 5 (seizing or exercising control of the tunnel system).
Textual Amendments
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This ActN.I.
22N.I.Offences under the following provisions of this Act—
(a)section 11,
(b)section 12,
(c)section 13,
(d)sections 15 to 19,
(e)section 54,
(f)section 56,
(g)section 57,
(h)section 58,
(i)section 103,
(j)paragraph 37 of Schedule 4,
(k)Schedule 5,
(l)paragraph 10 of Schedule 10 . . . , and
(m)paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 13 . . . .
[Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004N.I.
22AN.I. Offences under paragraph 1(1) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (absconding by persons admitted to bail in respect of a scheduled offence), . . . . ]
[Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005N.I.
22BN.I.Offences under section 9 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (contravention of control order obligations and obstruction of persons serving control order).]
[Terrorism Act 2006N.I.
22CN.I.Offences under Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (terrorism-related offences).]
[Fraud Act 2006N.I.
23N.I.Offences under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 (fraud) subject to note 2 below.]
NotesN.I.
1N.I.Any offence specified in this Part of this Schedule . . . is not a scheduled offence in any particular case in which the [ Advocate General for Northern Ireland ] certifies that it is not to be treated as a scheduled offence.
2N.I.An offence specified in [paragraph 10(a) or (c) or 23] is a scheduled offence only where it is charged that the offence was committed in relation to or by means of nuclear material within the meaning of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 . . .
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3N.I.An offence specified in paragraph 10(b) or (d) is a scheduled offence only where it is charged—
(a)that an explosive, firearm, imitation firearm or weapon of offence was used to commit the offence, or
(b)that the offence was committed in relation to or by means of nuclear material within the meaning of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983;
and expressions defined in section 10 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 have the same meaning when used in this note.
4N.I.The offence specified in paragraph 16(g) is a scheduled offence only where it is charged that the offence relates to a weapon other than an air weapon.
[5N.I.Notes 2 to 4 are subject to note 1.]