{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/27",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Crime Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An offence under section 8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) (robbery) where the use or threat of force involves a firearm, an imitation firearm or an offensive weapon.\n(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.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n“firearm” has the meaning given by section 57(1) of the Firearms Act 1968;\n“imitation firearm” has the meaning given by section 57(4) of that Act;\n“offensive weapon” means any weapon to which section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (offensive weapons) applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(b)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:31.404406+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."
}