TWOC Flashcards
Is a bike classed as a conveyance under this legislation?
No.
This is a separate offence ‘taking a pedal cycle’.
Define a conveyance
Any equipment constructed or adapted for the carriage of a person.
By land water or air.
Is something that is constructed for carrying items classed as a conveyance?
No
Would setting a waterborne craft adrift be classed as taking a conveyance?
No
Not under this legislation.
Must the conveyance be moved to prove this offence?
Yes the conveyance must be moved, however small the movement.
If somebody got in a vehicle but did not move it. Could they be triable under this legislation?
No, the conveyance must be moved.
If somebody ALLOWS themselves to be carried in a conveyance taken without consent, but do not know it has been taken, Are they guilty of this offence?
No, they are not guilty until they find out it has been taken without consent.
If a suspect finds out a vehicle has been taken without consent and then immediately leaves the vehicle. Are they guilty of this offence?
No because as soon as they found out they left the vehicle.
How many points to prove?
2
Takes a conveyance
Without the owners consent
Or
Knowing it has been taken without the owners consent.
Allows them self to be carried on it
Can you ‘attempt’ to take a conveyance?
No,this offence cannot be attempted.
May fall under vehicle interference.
Definition of TWOC
A person commits an offence if without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes a conveyance for his own or another’s use, or knowing that the conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it.
How is TWOC triable?
Summary only
If somebody released a boat and allowed it to drift but then got on it. Is this TWOC?
Yes. Only when they get on it.
Does a person commit TWOC if he believes he has the lawful authority to do it?
No he does not.
Does a person commit TWOC if he believes that he would have the owners consent of the owner knew?
No he does not commit TWOC.
