SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Powers of Arrest: supplementary
Part 3Amendments relating to references to arrestable offences and serious arrestable offences
Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58)
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The Criminal Law Act 1967 is amended as follows.
2
In section 4 (penalties for assisting offenders)—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
for “an arrestable offence” substitute “
a relevant offence
”
,
ii
for “other arrestable offence” substitute “
other relevant offence
”
,
b
for subsection (1A) substitute—
1A
In this section and section 5 below, “relevant offence” means—
a
an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law,
b
an offence for which a person of 18 years or over (not previously convicted) may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years (or might be so sentenced but for the restrictions imposed by section 33 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980).
c
in subsection (2), for “an arrestable offence” substitute “
a relevant offence
”
.
3
In section 5 (penalties for concealing offences or giving false information), in subsection (1)—
a
for “an arrestable offence” substitute “
a relevant offence
”
,
b
for “other arrestable offence” substitute “
other relevant offence
”
.