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Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill

This is the text of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 28th January 2000.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published separately as Bill 55- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Straw has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

 
  
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
Clause 
1.Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful.
2.Defences available to persons who are under age.
3.Abuse of position of trust.
4.Meaning of "position of trust".
5.Notification requirements for offenders under section 3.
6.Meaning of "sexual offence" for the purposes of certain enactments.
7.Short title, construction, commencement and extent.
 

 
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