# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Section 47: Theft from shop triable either way irrespective of value of goods

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) In the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, omit section 22A (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence).
(2) In consequence of the amendment made by subsection (1)—
(a) in the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980—
(i) in section 2(3)(a) for “22A” substitute “22”;
(ii) in section 143, omit subsections (2)(aza) and (3)(aa);
(b) in the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, omit—
(i) section 1(5);
(ii) in section 4(1)(c), the words from “or is low-value” to “1980),”;
(c) in section 51(2)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, omit “22A(2)(b),”;
(d) in section 84 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, omit subsection (2A);
(e) in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, omit section 176;
(f) in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, omit section 52;
(g) in section 6 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, omit subsection (3).
(3) The amendments made by this section do not apply in relation to an offence committed before this section comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-47
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