LEGISLATION AND RIGHTS
Original Paper
UDC 343.7 © V.A. Shestak, A.D. Tsyplakova, 2022
ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2022, № 10, pp. 72-76
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2022-10-72-76
Title
FEATURES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR THEFT OF CERTAIN ENERGY RESOURCES IN THE UK
Authors
Shestak V.A.1, Tsyplakova A.D.1
1Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation
Authors Information
Shestak V.A., Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology, е-mail: shestak.v.a@mgimo.ru
Tsyplakova A.D., LL.B., e-mail: tsyplakova.a.d@my.mgimo.ru
Abstract
The article discusses the issues of criminal responsibility for certain energy crimes in the UK. The authors analyze the interrelation of the norms of statutory and case law of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, as well as the relevant provisions of the criminal law doctrine of the United Kingdom. The contextual provisions of specialized acts and sectoral energy legislation have been studied. Larceny, or illegal appropriation, or unlawful abstraction of certain energy resources have determined as the major energy crime and elaborated specific features of prosecuting for damaging or destroying distribution networks, equipment and meters, going equipped and conspiring to steal electricity and gas, as well as possessing special devices solely for this purpose.
Keywords
UK, Theft of electricity and gas, Statutory criminal law, Sectoral energy legislation, Criminal precedents, Abstracting electricity.
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For citation
Shestak V.A. &TsyplakovaA.D. Features of criminal liability for theft of certain energy resources in the UK. Ugol’, 2022, (10), pp. 72-76. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2022-10-72-76.
Paper info
Received June 8, 2022
Reviewed July 18, 2022
Accepted September 26, 2022
