Part 8

Teachers

Allegations of offences committed by teachers in England and Wales: reporting restrictions

Defences
141H
1
Where a person is charged with an offence under section 141G, it is a defence for the person to prove either of the matters mentioned in subsection (2).
2
The matters are—
a
that, at the time of the alleged offence, the person was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the publication included the matter in question;
b
that, at the time of the alleged offence, the person was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the allegation in question had been made.
Ss. 141F-141H and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 13(1), 82(3); S.I. 2012/2213, art. 3