49Establishment of purpose for the purposes of sections 5 to 9, 22 to 26 and 32 to 36
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(1)For the purposes of sections 5 to 9, 22 to 26 and 32 to 36, A’s purpose was—
(a)obtaining sexual gratification, or
(b)humiliating, distressing or alarming B,
if in all the circumstances of the case it may reasonably be inferred A was doing the thing for the purpose in question.
(2)In applying subsection (1) to determine A’s purpose, it is irrelevant whether or not B was in fact humiliated, distressed or alarmed by the thing done by A.