Commonwealth of Australia

“ If, in a prosecution for an offence of theft or an offence against section 134.1, the trier of fact is not satisfied that the defendant is guilty of the offence, but is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of an offence of receiving, the trier of fact may find the defendant not guilty of the offence of theft or the section 134.1 offence but guilty of the offence of receiving, so long as the defendant has been accorded procedural fairness in relation to that finding of guilt. ”

“ For the purposes of this Division, a person may be convicted of theft of all or any part of a general deficiency in property other than money even though the deficiency is made up of any number of particular items of property that were appropriated over a period of time. ”

“ In this section: building includes:
(a) a part of a building; or (b) a mobile home or a caravan; or (c) a structure (whether or not movable) , a vehicle, or a vessel, that is used, designed or adapted for residential purposes. ”