Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1992

34. Section 2(1) of the Act of 1992 is amended by the substitution of the following for the definition of “sexual offence”:

“ ‘sexual offence’ means rape, sexual assault (within the meaning of section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 ), aggravated sexual assault (within the meaning of section 3 of that Act), rape under section 4 of that Act or an offence under—

(a) section 3 or 6 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 ,

(b) section 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 ,

(c) section 6 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 ,

(d) section 1 or 2 of the Punishment of Incest Act 1908 ,

(e) section 4A or 5A of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 ,

(f) section 249 of the Children Act 2001 ,

(g) the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 , or

(h) section 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 or 8 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017,

excluding an attempt to commit any such offence;”.