Theft Act 1968

8 Robbery

(1)   A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.

(2)   A person guilty of robbery, or of an assault with intent to rob, shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for life.

9 Burglary

(1)   A person is guilty of burglary ifó

(a)    he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below; or
(b)    having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm.

(2)   The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question, of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm or [raping any person] therein, and of doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.

[(3)   A person guilty of burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceedingó

(a)    where the offence was committed in respect of a building or part of a building which is a dwelling, fourteen years;
(b)    in any other case, ten years.

(4)   References in subsections (1) and (2) above to a building, and the reference in subsection (3) above to a building which is a dwelling, shall apply also to an inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to any such vehicle or vessel at times when the person having a habitation in it is not there as well as at times when he is.]

Amendment

Sub-s (2): words in square brackets substituted by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, s 168(2), Sch 10, para 26.
Sub-ss (3), (4): substituted by the Criminal Justice Act 1991, s 26(2).

10 Aggravated burglary

(1)   A person is guilty of aggravated burglary if he commits any burglary and at the time has with him any firearm or imitation firearm, any weapon of offence, or any explosive; and for this purposeó

(a)    ìfirearmî includes an airgun or air pistol, and ìimitation firearmî means anything which has the appearance of being a firearm, whether capable of being discharged or not; and
(b)    ìweapon of offenceî means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use; and
(c)    ìexplosiveî means any article manufactured for the purpose of producing a practical effect by explosion, or intended by the person having it with him for that purpose.

(2)   A person guilty of aggravated burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for life.