Taking a Conveyance

Question 1

Conveyance

Answer 1

a vehicle designed to carry a driver or passenger (land, water or air)

Question 2

Taking a conveyance - type of offence

Answer 2

Summary

Question 3

Taking a conveyance - legislation

Answer 3

Section 12 theft Act 1968

Question 4

Taking a conveyance definition

Answer 4

A person shall be guilty of an offence if, without having consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or, knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it.

No need to show intention to permanently deprive (different to theft)

Question 5

Lawful authority to remove conveyance

Answer 5

police officers, vehicle removal officers, bailiffs repossessing cars

Question 6

Can passengers commit offence of taking a conveyance?

Answer 6

Yes, would need to prove they knew the car had been taken without consent

Question 7

Taking a conveyance defence

Answer 7

genuine belief they had lawful authority to do so

would have had owners consent if they were asked (e.g. could be considered not an offence if using to save someone’s life because they think the owner would have consented had they known)

Question 8

Aggravating factors for vehicle taking

Answer 8

Driven dangerously - excessive speed, deliberate disregard for the safety of others

An accident occurred causing injury

An accident occurred damaging any property other than that vehicle

Damage was caused to the vehicle

Question 9

Aggravated vehicle taking legislation

Answer 9

Aggravated Vehicle Taking Act 1992

Question 10

Aggravated Vehicle Taking - type of offence

Answer 10

Either way