Quick Offence Elements Study Flashcards
Assault
Assaults
Another person
Crimes Act 1961 Section 196
Summary Offences Act 1981 Section 9
Wilful Damage
Intentionally
Damages
Property
Summary Offences Act 1981 Section 11(1)(a)
Burglary
Enters
Any building/enclosed yard or any ship or any part of a building or any part of a ship
Without authority
With intent to commit an imprisonable offence in a building or in a ship.
Crimes Act 1961 Section 231(1)(a)
Being found on a property without a reasonable excuse(building/transport)
Found
Without reasonable excuse
In or on
Any building or aircraft or hovercraft or ship/ferry/other vessel, or train or vehicle
Summary Offences Act 1981 Section 29(1)(a) or 29(1)(c)
Being found on property without reasonable excuse (enclosed yard area)
Found
Without reasonable excuse
In
Enclosed yard or other such area
Summary Offences Act 1981 Section 29(1)(b)
Associated offences
Found
In any public place
Behaving in a manner from which it can be reasonably inferred that the person is
Preparing to commit an imprisonable offence
Summary Offences Act Section 28
Theft
Dishonestly
Without claim of right
Takes
Any property
With intent to deprive any owner permanently of that property
Crimes Act 1961 Section 219(1)(a) & 223(b) or 223(c) or 223(d)
Robbery
Theft
Accompanied by violence or threats of violence
To any person or any property
Used to extort the property stolen or
To prevent or overcome resistance to the property being stolen
Crimes Act 1961 Section 234(1) & (2)
Aggravated robbery
A person robs any person and, at the time, before, or after the robbery, causes grievous bodily harm to any person or
Being together with any other person or persons, robs any person or
A person and with an offensive weapon or instrument (which includes a firearm), robs any other person
Crimes Act 1961 Section 235
Assaults with intent to rob
Assault with intent to rob is where a person assault a person with intention to rob them, but no thief takes place, so therefore robbery is not complete
Crimes Act 1961 Section 236
Receiving stolen property
Receives
Any stolen property or any property obtained by any imprisonable offence
Knowing that property to have been stolen/so obtained or being reckless as to whether the property had been stolen/so obtained
Crimes Act 1961 Section 226(1)(a) or (b) or (c)
Vehicle Offences
Unlawfully takes vehicle
Dishonestly
Without claim of right
But not so as to be guilty of theft
Takes
For his or her own purposes or another person’s purposes
Any vehicle/any ship/any aircraft/any part of any vehicle, ship, or aircraft/any horse
Crimes Act 1961 Section 226(1)(a) or(b) or(c)
Vehicle Offences
Unlawfully interferes with vehicle
Dishonestly
Without claim of right
Interferes with
Any vehicle/any ship/any aircraft
Crimes Act 1961 Section 226(2)
Vehicle Offences
Unlawfully getting into or upon
Dishonestly
Without claim of right
Gets into/upon
Any vehicle/any ship/any aircraft
Crimes Act 1961 Section 226 (2)
Fighting and Disorder Offences
Fighting a public place
Fights
In public place
Summary Offences Act 1981 Section 7