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PART 3 N.I.SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN

[F1Abuse of children under 18: payment for sexual services and involvement in indecent images]N.I.

[F2Causing or inciting abuse: payment for sexual services and involvement in indecent images] N.I.

38.[F3(1) A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)A intentionally causes or incites another person (B) to offer or provide sexual services to a third person in return for payment, and

(b)either—

(i)B is under 18, and A does not reasonably believe that B is 18 or over, or

(ii)B is under 13.

(1A) A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)A intentionally causes or incites another person (B) to be involved in the recording or streaming or other transmission of an indecent image of B, and

(b)either—

(i)B is under 18, and A does not reasonably believe that B is 18 or over, or

(ii)B is under 13.]

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.