Sex Offences Act
Sex Offences Act 2003.
Relevant Extracts
S.15 Meeting a child following sexual grooming.
A person aged 18 or over (A) commits an offence if
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having met or communicated with another person (B) on a least two earlier occasions, he –
(i) intentionally meets B or
(ii) travels with the intention of meeting B in any part of the world, -
at the time, he intends to do anything to or in respect of B, during or after the meeting and in any part of the world, which if done will involve the commission by A of a relevant offence,
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B is under 16, and
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A does not reasonably believe that B is 16 or over.
Relevant Offence: Essentially any sex offence
S. 45 Indecent photographs of persons aged 16 or 17.
The Protection of Children Act 1978 – meaning of "child" - increased from 16 to 18.
S. 46 Criminal proceedings, investigations.
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In proceedings for an offence under section 1(1)(a) Protection of Children Act 1978 of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph, the defendant is not guilty of the offence if he proves that –
(i) it was necessary for him to make the photograph or pseudo-photograph for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of crime, or for the purposes of criminal proceedings, in any part of the world.
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