Part VIIS Miscellaneous and General

Supplementary Provisions as to Legal ProceedingsS

[F1103 Proof of age a defence.S

Where a person is charged with an offence under this Act in respect of a person apparently under a specified age, it shall be a defence to prove that the person was actually of or over that age.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 103 added (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40. ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(3)