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…

Section 70 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Sexual penetration of a corpse. It provides as follows: (1)A person commits an offence if— (a)he intentionally performs an act of penetration with a part of his body or anything else, (b)what is penetrated is a part of the…

Section 69 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 69 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Intercourse with an animal. It provides as follows: (1)A person commits an offence if— (a)he intentionally performs an act of penetration with his penis, (b)what is penetrated is the vagina or anus of a living animal, and (c)he knows…