(1) A person who is, when not at his or her place of residence, in possession of any article with the intention that it be used in the course of or in connection with -
(aa) robbery,
(b) an offence under section 6 or 7,
(c) an offence under section 17 (blackmail, extortion, demanding money with menaces) of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994, or
(d) an offence under section 112 (taking a vehicle without lawful authority) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961,
is guilty of an offence.
(1A) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, is in possession of any article made or adapted for use in the course of, or in connection with, the commission of an offence referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that at the time of the alleged offence the article concerned was not in his or her possession for a purpose specified in that
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