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35(1)The [1976 c. 82.] Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 1(2) (reasonable grounds for belief in consent to intercourse), after the word “woman” there shall be inserted the words “or man”.
(3)In section 2(3) (restrictions on evidence at trials for rape etc.), after the word “woman” there shall be inserted the words “or man”.
(4)In section 7(2) (interpretation of terms used in the Act)—
(a)the words from “references” to “only);” shall be omitted; and
(b)for the words “and section 46 of that Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 46 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956”.
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