Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012

80. The Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 is amended—

(a) in Schedule 1, in paragraph 18, by—

(i) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (a):

“(aa) section 3A (non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation),”,

and

(ii) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (b):

“(ba) section 4A (non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation causing serious harm),”,

and

(b) in Schedule 2, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 11:

“11. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997

(a) section 3 (assault causing harm),

(b) section 3A (non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation).”.