Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997

Prospective

Section 2.

E+W Sexual offences for purposes of this Act

1 Any offence under any of the following provisions of the M1 Sexual Offences Act 1956— E+W

(a) section 1 (rape);

(b) section 2 (procurement of a woman by threats);

(c) section 3 (procurement of a woman by false pretences);

(d) section 4 (administering drugs to obtain intercourse with a woman);

(e) section 5 (intercourse with a girl under the age of 13);

(f) section 6 (intercourse with a girl between the ages of 13 and 16);

(g) section 7 (intercourse with a mentally handicapped person);

(h) section 9 (procurement of a mentally handicapped person);

(i) section 10 (incest by a man);

(j) section 11 (incest by a woman);

(k) section 12 (buggery);

(l) section 14 (indecent assault on a woman);

(m) section 15 (indecent assault on a man); and

(n) section 16 (assault with intent to commit buggery).

Annotations:

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Marginal Citations

M1 1956 c. 69.

2 Any offence under section 128 of the M2 Mental Health Act 1959 (intercourse with mentally handicapped person by hospital staff etc.). E+W

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M2 1959 c. 72.

3 Any offence under section 1 of the M3 Indecency with Children Act 1960 (indecent conduct towards young child). E+W

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M3 1960 c. 33.

4 Any offence under section 54 of the M4 Criminal Law Act 1977 (incitement by man of his grand-daughter, daughter or sister under the age of 16 to commit incest with him). E+W

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M4 1977 c. 45.

5 Any offence under section 1 of the M5 Protection of Children Act 1978 or section 160 of the M6 Criminal Justice Act 1988 (indecent photographs of children). E+W

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M5 1978 c. 37.

M6 1988 c. 33.

6 Any offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 of conspiracy to commit any of the offences mentioned in paragraphs 1 to 5. E+W

7 Any offence under section 1 of the M7 Criminal Attempts Act 1981 of attempting to commit any of those offences. E+W

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M7 1981 c. 47.

8 Any offence of inciting another to commit any of those offences. E+W