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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27E+WMinor and consequential amendments: general

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)E+W

175(1)Amend section 43 (sections 38 and 41: marriage exception) as follows.E+W

(2)At the end of subsection (1)(b) insert “ or civil partners of each other ”.

(3)In subsection (2), for “were lawfully married at the time” substitute “ were at the time lawfully married or civil partners of each other ”.

(4)In the heading to section 43 for “marriage exception” substitute “ exception for spouses and civil partners ”.