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the either-way offences of stalking causing fear of violence or serious alarm/distress which has a substantial adverse impact on the victim’s usual day-to-day activities (4A) and harassment causing fear of violence (section 4), which carry a maximum of ten years’ imprisonment and/or a fine on indictment. The following offences relating to firearms are offences to which section 283 of the Sentencing Act 2020 (life sentences for second listed offences) is applicable: The minimum term for defendants over 18 years at the time when the offence was committed is a custodial term of 5 years; for defendants under 18 years at the time the offence was committed, the term is 3 years: section 311(4) of the Sentencing Act 2020. However, where the mandatory minimum sentence applies to an offence under section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, the relevant age is the age when the offender was convicted rather than when the offence was committed: section 311(5). Section 126(4) to (7) of the 2017 Act and Regulation 3 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No.11 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 make transitional provisions for owners of firearms which ceased to be antique firearms consequence of the coming into force of section 126 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017. Offences This is not an exhaustive list and prosecutors should consider the offending in the round as to whether it reflects the concept of "stalking". "Stalking" may be understood as a pattern of Fixated, Obsessive, Unwanted and Repeated (FOUR) behaviour which is intrusive.

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is so constructed or adapted as to be readily convertible into a firearm to which that section applies. Section 8A(5) places a duty on the Secretary of State to publish a document setting out the technical specifications for the deactivation of weapons which apply. The following offences relating to firearms are offences to which section 285 of the Sentencing Act 2020 (required life sentence for offences carrying a life sentence) is applicable: sections 16, 17(1), 17(2) and 18 of the Firearms Act 1968. Extended Sentences under the Sentencing Act 2020 has an appearance that is so realistic as to make it indistinguishable, for all practical purposes, from a real firearm; and People who are “avoidant motivated” (neurotic) tend to perceive the risks/negatives in situations. “Spider soup! How could that possibly be safe? It’s going to be disgusting or poisonous and then I’ll throw up in front of everyone and embarrass myself”.

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Section 24(3): if is an offence to gift a shot gun or ammunition to a person under the age of fifteen, subject to the defendant proving that they reasonably believed the other person to be over that age.

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Motorists will be directed to leave the A370 at Congresbury, using the B3133 to Langford and then take the A38 and A4174 to re-join the A370 at Long Ashton. The diversion will also be used by bus services during the closure, with bus operators First advising passengers to leave more time for their journeys. Offences contrary to sections 1 and 2 Firearms Act will be usually suitable for summary trial where there has been a technical, inadvertent or minor breach of licence conditions or where the firearm has remained on private property. Section 24(1): it is an offence to sell or hire any firearm or ammunition to a person aged under eighteen, subject to the defendant proving that they reasonably believed the other person to be over that age. Section 5(1A)(a): any firearm which is disguised as another object e.g. pen guns, key fob guns and phone guns. The court should adopt a cautious approach where a course of conduct is based upon a few incidents which are widely spaced in time. The issue for the court is whether the incidents, however many they may be, can properly be said to be so connected in type and in context as to justify the conclusion that they can amount to a course of conduct: Pratt v DPP [2001] EWHC Admin 483.

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Section 2A (3) PHA 1997 sets out examples of acts or omissions which are ones associated with stalking. The listed behaviours are: Sections 22 to 24A of the Firearms Act 1968 create offences relating to the possession and acquisition by minors of firearms and air weapons and the supply of firearms and air weapons to minors: If it cannot be demonstrated that the gun was designed or adapted to discharge a noxious substance, and if it is threaded at the muzzle for a flare launcher, consideration should be given as to whether the gun is a section 1(1)(a) firearm as a signal pistol. If there is insufficient evidence to charge stalking, but there is sufficient evidence to charge section 4 Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the section 4 charge may be the most appropriate. Section 4 harassment is only available where fear of violence is caused, not serious distress which is available for section 4A stalking. Section 4 harassment may overlap with CCB, for example, threats to hurt or harm the victim or their family members and threats of sexual assault. Section 4 may be the more appropriate offence in respect of the sentencing powers available to the court, because the maximum penalty is 10 years’ imprisonment. All references in this guidance are gender neutral and are applied to all suspects and victims of crime irrespective of gender, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.

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an accessory to a lethal barrelled weapon or a prohibited weapon where the accessory is designed or adapted to diminish the noise or flash caused by firing the weapon. General nature of offence: Unlawfully selling or gifting, or offering to sell or gift, a defectively deactivated weapon The court must consider whether the incidents give rise to a nexus sufficient for there to be a "course of conduct": Patel [2004] EWCA Crim 3284.Section 8A of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 creates an offence of unlawfully selling or gifting, or offering to sell or gift, a "defectively deactivated weapon" to another person in the UK​.

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Section 32 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 specifies conditions for the transfer of firearms, including that such transfers must be in person, and creates an offence of failing to comply with these conditions. offences under sections 16, 16A, 17, 18, 19 or 20(1) of the 1968 Act involving a prohibited weapon of one of these particular types; and Section 1(1) of the Firearms Act 1968 creates an absolute offence of having possession of, purchasing or acquiring a firearm or ammunition without a certificate or otherwise than as authorised by such a certificate. Section 1(2) creates an offence of failing to comply with the conditions of such a certificate. Section 1(3) provides that this section does not apply to shot guns or air weapons (see the definitions above). Section 3 of the 1968 Act provides that it is an offence if, by way of trade or business and without being registered as a firearms dealer, a person:Overlaps can occur between the more serious offences of possessing/using firearms for crime. It is important that the indictment is not unnecessarily overloaded but that it reflects the overall gravity and nature of the offending. Prosecutors should select charges that give the court adequate sentencing powers. Prosecutors should be familiar with the guidelines from the Sentencing Council (see Sentencing below).