(1)A person shall be guilty of an offence if, when not at his place of abode, he has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any [F1burglary or theft]F1 .
(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.
(3)Where a person is charged with an offence under this section, proof that he had with him any article made or adapted for use in committing a [F2burglary or theft]F2 shall be evidence that he had it with him for such use.
(4)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)For purposes of this section an offence under section 12(1) of this Act of taking a conveyance shall be treated as theft F4... .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 25(1)(3) substituted (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(a); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2
F2Words in s. 25(1) substituted (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1)(2), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 3); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2
F3S. 25(4) repealed (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 174, 178, Sch. 7 para. 17, Sch. 17; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(m)(u)(xvii)
F4Words in s. 25(5) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1)(3), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(b), Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2