s 62 Meaning of “sexual offence” and other references to offences.
(1) In this Part “sexual offence” means any offence under— (a) Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or any relevant superseded offence; or (b) section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (human trafficking) committed with a view to exploitation that consists of or includes behaviour within section 3(3) of that Act (sexual exploitation). (1A) In subsection (1) “ relevant superseded offence ” means— (a) rape or burglary with intent to rape; (b) an offence under any of sections 2 to 12 and 14 to 17 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (unlawful intercourse, indecent assault, forcible abduction etc. ); (c) an offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (unlawful intercourse with person receiving treatment for mental disorder by member of hospital staff etc. ); (d) an offence under section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960 (indecent conduct towards child under 14); (e) an offence under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (incitement of child under 16 to commit incest). (2) In this Part any reference (including a reference having effect by virtue of this subsection) to an offence of any description (“the substantive offence”) is to be taken to include a reference to an offence which consists of attempting or conspiring to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of, the substantive offence.