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Going equipped for stealingVerified against official source
This range was checked against the official legal text. Last verified: 2026-10-19.
Statutory range
Summary
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 6 months
- Fine
- Statutory maximum (unlimited for offences committed on/after 12 Mar 2015)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
General either-way limit; s. 25 states the indictment penalty only.
On indictment
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 3 years
- Fine
- No fine stated in s. 25(2)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
Having an article for use in connection with burglary or theft, when not at one's place of abode.
Either-way offence. s. 25 states the indictment penalty only; the summary tier is the general either-way limit. The original reference to 'cheat' is now covered by Fraud Act 2006 s. 6 (fraud excluded from this dataset).