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← Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 s 2

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 s 2

s 2 Defences available to persons who are under age.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) In section 13 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, after subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsection— (8A) A person under the age of sixteen years does not commit an offence under subsection (5)(a) or (c) above if he commits or is party to the commission of a homosexual act with a person who has attained that age. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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