SCHEDULE 4CONVICTIONS BY COURTS IN OTHER EU MEMBER STATES: MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

PART 2OTHER ENACTMENTS

9The 1982 Act

In section 58 of the 1982 Act, after subsection (4) insert—

4A

In subsection (4), the reference to a conviction for theft includes a reference to a conviction by a court in England and Wales, Northern Ireland or a member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom of an offence that is equivalent to theft.

4B

Any issue of equivalence arising in pursuance of subsection (4A) is for the court to determine.