Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024

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Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1981

9. Section 6 of the Act of 1981 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (3A), in any proceedings for an applicable offence,” for “Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), in any proceedings for a rape offence or the offence of aggravated sexual assault or attempted aggravated sexual assault or of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the offence of aggravated sexual assault or attempted aggravated sexual assault or of incitement to the offence of aggravated sexual assault or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offences,”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) This section shall not apply to the hearing of proceedings to which section 94 of the Act of 2001 applies.”,

and

(c) by the deletion of subsection (4).