ABSTRACT
From time to time, Parliament changes the law so as to make crimes triable only summarily, which were previously triable either way. Thus, the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) 1988 made the following crimes triable only summarily: assault (including battery) and the offence in s 12 of the TA 1968 (taking a conveyance without authority).1 The result is that it is no longer a crime to attempt to commit one of these offences.2 It is, theoretically, possible to be guilty of
attempting to commit the offence of aggravated vehicle taking (in s 12A of the TA 1968), though it would, presumably, be necessary to prove that D intended to produce (or was reckless as to whether he would produce) one of the aggravating circumstances listed in s 12A(2).
