24.Paragraph 63A of Schedule 5 to that Act (other offences for the purposes of making sexual offences prevention orders) refers to “An offence under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult).” Paragraph 5 of the Schedule amends the reference to the section 5 offence to include causing or allowing serious physical harm.
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