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Textual Amendments
40.—[F3(1) A person (A) commits an offence if—
(a)A intentionally arranges or facilitates the offering or provision by another person (B) of 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 arranges or facilitates the involvement by another person (B) 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.
Textual Amendments
F2Art. 40 heading substituted (27.11.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), s. 30(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); S.R. 2023/188, art. 3(b)
F3Art. 40(1)(1A) substituted for art. 40(1) (27.11.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), s. 30(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2); S.R. 2023/188, art. 3(b)