# Serious Crime Act 2007, Paragraph 21


(1) An offence under section 8(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16 (N.I.)) (robbery) where the use or threat of force involves a firearm, an imitation firearm or an offensive weapon.
(2) An offence at common law of an assault with intent to rob where the assault involves a firearm, imitation firearm or an offensive weapon.
(3) In this paragraph—
“firearm” and “imitation firearm” have the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004;
“offensive weapon” means any weapon to which section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (offensive weapons) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/schedule/1/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-21
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