PART 5Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences
CHAPTER 1Virginity testing offences
Virginity testing offences: Scotland
141Offence of offering to carry out virginity testing: Scotland
(1)
It is an offence under the law of Scotland—
(a)
for a person in Scotland to offer to carry out virginity testing in the United Kingdom or virginity testing that has a sufficient jurisdictional connection, or
(b)
for a person anywhere to offer to carry out virginity testing if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Scotland.
(2)
Virginity testing has a sufficient jurisdictional connection for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) if it is carried out in relation to a person who is—
(a)
a United Kingdom national, or
(b)
habitually resident in the United Kingdom.
(3)
In this section—
“United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by section 140(4);
“virginity testing” has the meaning given by section 140(2).