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<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-1"><num><noteRef href="#key-0f61dee5207f209c03e74c6fa41c1716" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>1</num><heading> Obtaining a money transfer by deception.</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><mod>After section 15 of the <noteRef href="#m00001" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="MarginNoteRef" class="commentary"/>Theft Act 1968 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>15A</num><heading>Obtaining a money transfer by deception</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>A person is guilty of an offence if by any deception he dishonestly obtains a money transfer for himself or another.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A money transfer occurs when—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a debit is made to one account,</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a credit is made to another, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>the credit results from the debit or the debit results from the credit.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>References to a credit and to a debit are to a credit of an amount of money and to a debit of an amount of money.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>It is immaterial (in particular)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>whether the amount credited is the same as the amount debited;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>whether the money transfer is effected on presentment of a cheque or by another method;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>whether any delay occurs in the process by which the money transfer is effected;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>whether any intermediate credits or debits are made in the course of the money transfer;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>whether either of the accounts is overdrawn before or after the money transfer is effected.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>15B</num><heading>Section 15A: supplementary</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>The following provisions have effect for the interpretation of section 15A of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>“Deception” has the same meaning as in section 15 of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><intro><p>“Account” means an account kept with—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a bank; or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a person carrying on a business which falls within subsection (4) below.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A business falls within this subsection if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the course of the business money received by way of deposit is lent to others; or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other activity of the business is financed, wholly or to any material extent, out of the capital of or the interest on money received by way of deposit;</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>and “deposit” here has the same meaning as in section 35 of the <noteRef href="#m00002" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="MarginNoteRef" class="commentary"/>Banking Act 1987 (fraudulent inducement to make a deposit).</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of subsection (4) above—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>all the activities which a person carries on by way of business shall be regarded as a single business carried on by him; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>“money” includes money expressed in a currency other than sterling or in the European currency unit (as defined in Council Regulation No. 3320/94/EC or any Community instrument replacing it).</p></content></level></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Nothing in this section has effect in relation to anything done before the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading> Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit.</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><mod>After section 24 of the Theft Act 1968 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>24A</num><heading> Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit.</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A person is guilty of an offence if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a wrongful credit has been made to an account kept by him or in respect of which he has any right or interest;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>he knows or believes that the credit is wrongful; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>he dishonestly fails to take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to secure that the credit is cancelled.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>References to a credit are to a credit of an amount of money.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>A credit to an account is wrongful if it is the credit side of a money transfer obtained contrary to section 15A of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A credit to an account is also wrongful to the extent that it derives from—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>theft;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>an offence under section 15A of this Act;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>blackmail; or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>stolen goods.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>In determining whether a credit to an account is wrongful, it is immaterial (in particular) whether the account is overdrawn before or after the credit is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>Subsection (8) below applies for purposes of provisions of this Act relating to stolen goods (including subsection (4) above).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(8)</num><content><p>References to stolen goods include money which is dishonestly withdrawn from an account to which a wrongful credit has been made, but only to the extent that the money derives from the credit.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(9)</num><content><p>In this section “account” and “money” shall be construed in accordance with section 15B of this Act.</p></content></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This section applies to wrongful credits made on or after the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><mod>After section 24 of the Theft Act 1968 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><section><num>24A</num><heading> Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit.</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>A person is guilty of an offence if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a wrongful credit has been made to an account kept by him or in respect of which he has any right or interest;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>he knows or believes that the credit is wrongful; and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>he dishonestly fails to take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to secure that the credit is cancelled.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>References to a credit are to a credit of an amount of money.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>A credit to an account is wrongful if it is the credit side of a money transfer obtained contrary to section 15A of this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A credit to an account is also wrongful to the extent that it derives from—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>theft;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>an offence under section 15A of this Act;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>blackmail; or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>stolen goods.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>In determining whether a credit to an account is wrongful, it is immaterial (in particular) whether the account is overdrawn before or after the credit is made.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><content><p>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><content><p>Subsection (8) below applies for purposes of provisions of this Act relating to stolen goods (including subsection (4) above).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(8)</num><content><p>References to stolen goods include money which is dishonestly withdrawn from an account to which a wrongful credit has been made, but only to the extent that the money derives from the credit.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(9)</num><content><p>In this section “account” and “money” shall be construed in accordance with section 15B of this Act.</p></content></subsection></section></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This section applies to wrongful credits made on or after the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading> The new offences: jurisdiction.</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In section 1(2) of the <noteRef href="#c863047" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>Criminal Justice Act 1993 (Group A offences for the purposes of the jurisdictional provisions) paragraph (a) (list of offences under the Theft Act 1968) shall be amended as follows.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num><noteRef href="#key-084e67d6c39393202963cc5399d1e739" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(2)</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After the entry relating to section 22 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>section 24A (retaining credits from dishonest sources, <abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In section 1(2) of the <noteRef href="#c863047" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>Criminal Justice Act 1993 (Group A offences for the purposes of the jurisdictional provisions) paragraph (a) (list of offences under the Theft Act 1968) shall be amended as follows.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-2"><num><noteRef href="#key-084e67d6c39393202963cc5399d1e739" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>(2)</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After the entry relating to section 22 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="unknown" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="unknown" ukl:Format="default"><p>section 24A (retaining credits from dishonest sources, <abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>);</p></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-4"><num><noteRef href="#key-4d3759547fe9d5fb985284ebaf13eb69" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>4</num><heading> Application to loans of offence of obtaining services by deception.</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><mod>In section 1 of the <noteRef href="#m00004" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="MarginNoteRef" class="commentary"/>Theft Act 1978 (obtaining services by deception) after subsection (2) (circumstances where there is an obtaining of services) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) above, it is an obtaining of services where the other is induced to make a loan, or to cause or permit a loan to be made, on the understanding that any payment (whether by way of interest or otherwise) will be or has been made in respect of the loan.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Nothing in this section has effect in relation to anything done before the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-5"><num>5</num><heading> Short title and extent.</heading><subsection eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Subject to subsection (3), this Act extends to England and Wales only.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the <noteRef href="#c863049" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which contains a statement that it is made only for purposes corresponding to the purposes of this Act—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>shall be subject to annulment by resolution of either House.</p></content></level></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-5-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Subject to subsection (3), this Act extends to England and Wales only.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-5-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the <noteRef href="#c863049" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which contains a statement that it is made only for purposes corresponding to the purposes of this Act—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>shall be subject to annulment by resolution of either House.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-5-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>shall not be subject to paragraph 1(4) and (5) of that Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament); but</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-5-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>shall be subject to annulment by resolution of either House.</p></content></level>