{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-salvage-operators-specified-offences-order-2002/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-salvage-operators-specified-offences-order-2002/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1917",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Salvage Operators (Specified Offences) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-salvage-operators-specified-offences-order-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Specified offences",
  "text": "The following offences are hereby specified for the purposes of section 3(4)(b) of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001:\n(a) theft or attempted theft of or from a motor vehicle, contrary to section 1 of the Theft Act 1968;\n(b) taking motor vehicle without consent, contrary to section 12 of the Theft Act 1968;\n(c) aggravated vehicle taking, contrary to section 12A of the Theft Act 1968;\n(d) handling stolen goods, contrary to section 22 of the Theft Act 1968;\n(e) going equipped to steal or take a motor vehicle, contrary to section 23 of the Theft Act 1968;\n(f) interference with a motor vehicle, contrary to section 9 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981;\n(g) tampering with a motor vehicle, contrary to section 25 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 12A was inserted by the Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act 1992 c. 11, section 2(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1981 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1917/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:52:06.560856+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."
}