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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 No. 1769
30.—(1) Conduct by a person (A) which would otherwise be an offence under any of Articles to against another person (B) is not an offence under that Article if at the time—
(a)B is 16 or over, and
(b)A and B are lawfully married or civil partners of each other.
(2) In proceedings for such an offence it is for the defendant to prove that A and B were at the time lawfully married or civil partners of each other.
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