Common Law Offences

1. Murder.

Non-fatal offences against the person

2. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997:

(a) section 4 (causing serious harm);

F22[(aa) section 4A (non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation causing serious harm);]

(b) section 5 (threats to kill or cause serious harm);

(c) section 15 (false imprisonment).

Explosives offences

3. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Explosive Substances Act 1883:

(a) section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or damage property);

(b) section 3 (possession, etc., of explosive substances);

(c) section 4 (making or possessing explosives in suspicious circumstances).

Firearms offences

4. An offence under section 15 (possession of firearm with intent to endanger life) of the Act of 1925.

5. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Act of 1964:

(a) section 26 (possession of firearms while taking vehicle without authority);

(b) section 27 (prohibition of use of firearms to assist or aid escape);

(c) section 27A (possession of firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances);

(d) section 27B (carrying firearm with criminal intent).

6. An offence under section 12A (shortening barrel of shotgun or rifle) of the Act of 1990.

Aggravated burglary

7. An offence under section 13 (aggravated burglary) of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001.

Drug trafficking offences

8. A drug trafficking offence within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1994.

Organised crime

9. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Act of 2006:

(a) section 71 (offence of conspiracy);

F23[(b) section 71A (directing activities of a criminal organisation);

(ba) section 72 (offence to participate in, or contribute to, certain activities);]

(c) section 73 (commission of offence for criminal organisation).

Blackmail, extortion and demanding money with menaces

10. An offence under section 17 (blackmail, extortion and demanding money with menaces) of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994.