{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-2/part-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-2/part-III.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/60",
  "legislation_title": "Theft Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Amendments limited to England and Wales",
  "text": "Act Amended\nAmendment\n...\n...\n...\n...\n. . .\n. . .\nThe House to House Collections Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 44)\nIn the Schedule (offences for which a conviction is a ground for refusing or revoking a licence under the Act to promote a collection for charity) for the entry relating to the Larceny Act 1916 there shall be substituted:— “Robbery, burglary and blackmail”.\nThe Magistrates’ Court Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55)\nIn Schedule 1 for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted— “8. Offences under sections 53 and 55 to 58 of the Post Office Act 1953”.\nThe Visiting Forces Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 67)\nIn the Schedule there shall be inserted in paragraph 1(a) after the word “buggery” the word “robbery”, and in paragraph 3 there shall be added at the end— “(g) the Theft Act 1968, except section 8 (robbery)”.\nThe Finance Act 1965 (1965 c. 25)\nIn Schedule 10, in the Table in paragraph 1, for the words “Sections 500 to 505” there shall be substituted the words “Sections 500 to 504”.\nThe Finance Act 1966 (1966 c. 18)\nIn Schedule 6, in paragraph 13, for the words “Sections 500 to 505” there shall be substituted the words “Sections 500 to 504”, and the words from “together with” to “the said section 505” shall be omitted.\nThe Firearms Act 1968 (1968 c. 27)\nSchedule I (offences in connection with which possession of a firearm is an offence under section 17(2)) shall be amended, except in relation to a person’s apprehension for an offence committed before the commencement of this Act, by substituting for paragraph 4— “4. Theft, burglary, blackmail and any offence under section 12(1) (taking of motor vehicle or other conveyance without owner’s consent) of the Theft Act 1968”: by omitting paragraph 7: and by substituting in paragraph 8 for the words “paragraphs I to 7” the words “paragraphs I to 6”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. III: entry relating to the Gaming Act 1845 repealed (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 356(4), 368, Sch. 17; S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4) (with savings in art. 4) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entry relating to the Bankruptcy Act 1914 repealed by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 235, Sch. 9 para. 11, Sch. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1953 c. 36."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/schedule/2/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:53.355488+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."
}