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The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

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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

Sexual activity in a public lavatory

75.—(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a)he is in a lavatory to which the public or a section of the public has or is permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise,

(b)he intentionally engages in an activity, and

(c)the activity is sexual.

(2) For the purposes of this Article, an activity is sexual if a reasonable person would, in all the circumstances but regardless of any person’s purpose, consider it to be sexual.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.

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