{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/53",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Alteration of certain penalties.",
  "text": "(1) In section 7 of the Theft Act 1968 (theft), for the words “ten years” there shall be substituted the words “seven years”.\n(2) For subsections (3) and (4) of section 9 of that Act (burglary) there shall be substituted the following subsections—\n“(3) A person guilty of burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding—\n(a) where the offence was committed in respect of a building or part of a building which is a dwelling, fourteen years;\n(b) in any other case, ten years.\n(4) References in subsections (1) and (2) above to a building, and the reference in subsection (3) above to a building which is a dwelling, shall apply also to an inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to any such vehicle or vessel at times when the person having a habitation in it is not there as well as at times when he is.”\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In section 51(4) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (penalties for bomb hoaxes)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for the words “three months” there shall be substituted the words “six months”; and\n(b) in paragraph (b), for the words “five years” there shall be substituted the words “seven years”.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 26(3) repealed (16.10.1992) by Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51), s. 15(2)(3),Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 26(5) repealed (29.6.2026) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 81(3)(f), 208(1) (with s. 81(8)); S.I. 2026/690, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1977 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 wholly in force; s. 26(3) in force (E.W.) at 25.10.1991, s. 26(4)(5) in force at 31.10.1991 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(2)(3)(4), Schs. 2, 3; s. 26(3) in force (S.) at 9.12.1991 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/2706, art. 2(1)(2); s. 26 wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "S. 26 extends to England and Wales; s. 26(3)(4) also extend to Scotland see s. 102(4)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/44",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:55.708645+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}