SCHEDULES
C1C2SCHEDULE 3Sexual offences for purposes of Part 2
Sch. 3 modified (S.) (31.3.2023) by Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22), ss. 25(3), 45(2)(3) (with s. 44); S.S.I. 2023/51, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)
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For the purposes of paragraphs 14, 44 and 78—
a
a person is to be taken to have been under 16 at any time if it appears from the evidence as a whole that he was under that age at that time;
b
section 7 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (c. 37) (interpretation), subsections (2) to (2C) F1and (8) to (10) of section 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45), and Article 2(2) and (3) of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)) (interpretation) (respectively) apply as each provision applies for the purposes of the Act or Order of which it forms part.
Sch. 3 modified (28.6.2022) by 2007 c. 21, s. 28(4ZA) (as inserted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 146(c), 208(5)(p))