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Property Offences

Property and Belonging to Another

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Overview

Recall questions on when land, wild plants and wild creatures can be stolen, and on when property belongs to another under section 5, including property received under an obligation or by mistake.

What you need to know

Answer each one before you reveal it.

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Key term

Can land generally be stolen under the Theft Act 1968?

Key term

Under what condition can wild plants growing on land be stolen?

Key term

Under section 5(3), when is property received under an obligation regarded as belonging to another?

Process

When may a trustee, a stranger or a tenant commit theft of land?

Questions from this subtopic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    Can land generally be stolen under the Theft Act 1968?

    Model answer

    No, land generally cannot be stolen except in three specific circumstances.

  2. 2

    In what circumstance can trustees or personal representatives commit theft of land?

    Model answer

    When they appropriate land that is in their care as trustees or personal representatives.

  3. 3

    When can a person not in possession of land commit theft relating to that land?

    Model answer

    When they sever anything from the land.

  4. 4

    How can a tenant commit theft in relation to land?

    Model answer

    By appropriating fixtures from the property they are renting.

  5. 5

    Under what condition can wild plants growing on land be stolen?

    Model answer

    Only if they are picked for sale or commercial purpose.

  6. 6

    When can wild creatures be the subject of theft?

    Model answer

    When they have been tamed, are ordinarily kept in captivity, or have been reduced into possession.

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