Perhaps a better analogy than the offence of ““going equipped”” is instruments that can be used for an innocent purpose and adapted for a nefarious one, for example an iron bar or knife. It is the old distinction between ““made”” and ““capable of being adapted”” for a criminal purpose.
Fraud Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Garnier
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 June 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Fraud Bill [HL].
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