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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 2 - Theft and similar or associated offences
75A Armed robbery
(1)A person is guilty of armed robbery if he commits any robbery and at the time has with him a firearm, imitation firearm, offensive weapon, explosive or imitation explosive within the meaning assigned to those terms for the purposes of section 77(1).
(2)A person guilty of armed robbery is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).
S. 75A(2) amended by Nos 9576 s. 11(1), 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 41A), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 54).
An offence against this section is a category 2 offence under the Sentencing Act 1991 if—
(a)the offender has with him or her a firearm at the time of the offence; or
(b)a victim of the offence has suffered injury as a direct result of the offence; or
(c)the offence was committed by the offender in company with one or more other persons. See section 5(2H) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence unless the circumstances set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) of that subsection exist.