Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024
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Chapter 2 Amendment of Act of 1981 | ||
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Amendment of section 1 of Act of 1981 | ||
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6. Section 1(1) of the Act of 1981 is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘Act of 2001’ means the Children Act 2001 ; | ||
‘Act of 2017’ means the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 ; | ||
‘applicable offence’ means— | ||
(a) a sexual assault offence, or | ||
(b) an offence under section 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21 or 22 of the Act of 2017;”, | ||
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(b) in the definition of “a rape offence” by the substitution of “section 2(2)” for “sections 2(2) and 8”. |