Section 24 Sexual Offences Act 2003

Section 24 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Sections 16 to 19: sexual relationships which pre-date position of trust. It provides as follows:

(1) Conduct by a person (A) which would otherwise be an offence under any of sections 16 to 19 against another person (B) is not an offence under that section if, immediately before the position of trust arose, a sexual relationship existed between A and B.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply if at that time sexual intercourse between A and B would have been unlawful.

(3)In proceedings for an offence under any of sections 16 to 19 it is for the defendant to prove that such a relationship existed at that time.

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