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  • Section 80 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 80 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Persons becoming subject to notification requirements. It provides as follows: (1)A person is subject to the notification requirements of this Part for the period set out in section 82 (“the notification period”) if— (a)he is convicted of an offence…

  • Section 79 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 79 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Part 1: general interpretation. It provides as follows: (1)The following apply for the purposes of this Part. (2)Penetration is a continuing act from entry to withdrawal. (3)References to a part of the body include references to a part surgically…

  • Section 78 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 78 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about “Sexual”. It provides as follows: For the purposes of this Part (except sections 15A, 66B to 66D] and 71), penetration, touching or any other activity is sexual if a reasonable person would consider that— (a)whatever its circumstances or any person’s…

  • Section 77 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 77 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Sections 75 and 76: relevant acts. It provides as follows: In relation to an offence to which sections 75 and 76 apply, references in those sections to the relevant act and to the complainant are to be read as…

  • Section 76 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 76 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Conclusive presumptions about consent. It provides as follows: (1)If in proceedings for an offence to which this section applies it is proved that the defendant did the relevant act and that any of the circumstances specified in subsection (2)…

  • Section 75 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 75 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Evidential presumptions about consent. It provides as follows: (1)If in proceedings for an offence to which this section applies it is proved— (a)that the defendant did the relevant act, (b)that any of the circumstances specified in subsection (2) existed,…

  • Section 74 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 74 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about “Consent”. It provides as follows: For the purposes of this Part, a person consents if he agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice. Source: legislation.gov.ukContains public sector information licensed under the Open Government…

  • Section 73 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 73 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Exceptions to aiding, abetting and counselling. It provides as follows: (1)A person is not guilty of aiding, abetting or counselling the commission against a child of an offence to which this section applies if he acts for the purpose…

  • Section 72 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Offences outside the United Kingdom. It provides as follows: (1)If— (a)a United Kingdom national does an act in a country outside the United Kingdom, and (b)the act, if done in England and Wales …, would constitute a sexual offence…

  • Section 71 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 71 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Sexual activity in a public lavatory. It provides as follows: (1)A person commits an offence if— (a)he is in a lavatory to which the public or a section of the public has or is permitted to have access, whether…