These Regulations—
(a) may be cited as the Special Measures for Child Witnesses (Sexual Offences) Regulations 2013;
(b) come into force on 18th December 2013; and
(c) extend to England and Wales.
S.I. 2013/2971
The Special Measures for Child Witnesses (Sexual Offences) Regulations 2013
These Regulations are made as part of the implementation in England and Wales of Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA.
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In section 33 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Interpretation etc of Chapter 1)—
(a) in subsection (5), for “a human trafficking offence” substitute “a relevant offence”; and
(b) for subsection (6), substitute—
(6) In subsection (5) “relevant offence” means—
(a) a sexual offence;
(b) an offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 ;
(c) an offence under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ;
(d) an offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 .
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