Sexual Offences Act 2003
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (2003 c. 42)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (2003 c. 42)
- Part 1 Sexual Offences
- Rape
- 1 Rape
- Assault
- 2 Assault by penetration
- 3 Sexual assault
- Causing sexual activity without consent
- 4 Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
- Rape and other offences against children under 13
- 5 Rape of a child under 13
- 6 Assault of a child under 13 by penetration
- 7 Sexual assault of a child under 13
- 8 Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity
- Child sex offences
- 9 Sexual activity with a child
- 10 Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
- 11 Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child
- 12 Causing a child to watch a sexual act
- 13 Child sex offences committed by children or young persons
- 14 Arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence
- 15 Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc.
- 15A Sexual communication with a child
- Abuse of position of trust
- 16 Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity with a child
- 17 Abuse of position of trust: causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
- 18 Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity in the presence of a child
- 19 Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to watch a sexual act
- 20 Abuse of position of trust: acts done in Scotland
- 21 Positions of trust
- 22 Positions of trust: interpretation
- 22A Further positions of trust
- 23 Sections 16 to 19: exception for spouses and civil partners
- 24 Sections 16 to 19: sexual relationships which pre-date position of trust
- Familial child sex offences
- 25 Sexual activity with a child family member
- 26 Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity
- 27 Family relationships
- 28 Sections 25 and 26: exception for spouses and civil partners
- 29 Sections 25 and 26: sexual relationships which pre-date family relationships
- Offences against persons with a mental disorder impeding choice
- 30 Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice
- 31 Causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity
- 32 Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder impeding choice
- 33 Causing a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to watch a sexual act
- Inducements etc. to persons with a mental disorder
- 34 Inducement, threat or deception to procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder
- 35 Causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement, threat or deception
- 36 Engaging in sexual activity in the presence, procured by inducement, threat or deception, of a person with a mental disorder
- 37 Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception
- Care workers for persons with a mental disorder
- 38 Care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder
- 39 Care workers: causing or inciting sexual activity
- 40 Care workers: sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder
- 41 Care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act
- 42 Care workers: interpretation
- 43 Sections 38 to 41: exception for spouses and civil partners
- 44 Sections 38 to 41: sexual relationships which pre-date care relationships
- Indecent photographs of children
- 45 Indecent photographs of persons aged 16 or 17
- 46 Criminal proceedings, investigations etc.
- Sexual exploitation of children
- 47 Paying for sexual services of a child
- 48 Causing or inciting sexual exploitation of a child
- 49 Controlling a child in relation to sexual exploitation
- 50 Arranging or facilitating sexual exploitation of a child
- 51 Sections 48 to 50: interpretation
- Prostitution
- 51A Soliciting
- 52 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain
- 53 Controlling prostitution for gain
- 53A Paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force etc.
- 54 Sections 51A to 53A: interpretation
- Amendments relating to prostitution
- 55 Penalties for keeping a brothel used for prostitution
- 56 Extension of gender-specific prostitution offences
- Trafficking
- 57 Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation
- 58 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation
- 58A Trafficking outside the UK for sexual exploitation
- 59 Trafficking out of the UK for sexual exploitation
- 59A Trafficking people for sexual exploitation
- 60 Sections 57 to 59: interpretation and jurisdictionSection 59A: interpretation
- 60A Forfeiture of land vehicle, ship or aircraft
- 60B Detention of land vehicle, ship or aircraft
- 60C Sections 60A and 60B: interpretation
- Preparatory offences
- 61 Administering a substance with intent
- 62 Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence
- 63 Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence
- Sex with an adult relative
- 64 Sex with an adult relative: penetration
- 65 Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration
- Other offences
- 66 Exposure
- 66A Sending etc photograph or film of genitals
- 66B Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film
- 66C Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film: exemptions
- 66D Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film: interpretation
- 66E Creating purported intimate image of adult
- 66F Requesting the creation of purported intimate image of adult
- 66G Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult: further definitions etc
- 66H Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult: time limit for prosecution
- 66I Making or supplying purported intimate image generators
- 66J Section 66I: further defences
- 66K Section 66I: application to internet service providers
- 66L Liability for offence under section 66I committed by bodies
- 67 Voyeurism
- 67A Voyeurism: additional offences
- 68 Voyeurism: interpretation
- 69 Intercourse with an animal
- 70 Sexual penetration of a corpse
- 71 Sexual activity in a public lavatory
- Offences outside the United Kingdom
- 72 Offences outside the United Kingdom
- Supplementary and general
- 73 Exceptions to aiding, abetting and counselling
- 74 “Consent”
- 75 Evidential presumptions about consent
- 76 Conclusive presumptions about consent
- 77 Sections 75 and 76: relevant acts
- 78 “Sexual”
- 79 Part 1: general interpretation
- Part 2 Notification and orders
- Notification requirements
- 80 Persons becoming subject to notification requirements
- 81 Persons formerly subject to Part 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997
- 82 The notification period
- 83 Notification requirements: initial notification
- 83 Notification requirements: initial notification
- 84 Notification requirements: changes
- 84 Notification requirements: changes
- 85 Notification requirements: periodic notification
- 85A Notification requirements: absence from notified residence
- 86 Notification requirements: travel outside the United Kingdom
- 87 Method of notification and related matters
- 87 Method of notification and related matters
- 87 Method of notification and related matters
- 88 Section 87: interpretation
- 88A Review of indefinite notification requirements: applicable persons
- 88B Review of indefinite notification requirements: date of discharge and further date of discharge
- 88C Review of the indefinite notification requirements: procedure and grounds
- 88D Review of indefinite notification requirement: transitional cases
- 88E Review of indefinite notification requirements: further review
- 88F Review of the indefinite notification requirements: application to a sheriff
- 88G Review of indefinite notification requirements: appeals
- 88H Review of indefinite notification requirements: power to amend periods
- 88I Discharge from indefinite notification requirements: England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- 89 Young offenders: parental directions
- 90 Parental directions: variations, renewals and discharges
- 91 Offences relating to notification
- 91 Offences relating to notification
- 91A Review of indefinite notification requirements: qualifying relevant offender
- 91B Review of indefinite notification requirements: application for review and qualifying dates
- 91C Review of indefinite notification requirements: determination of application for review
- 91D Review of indefinite notification requirements: factors applying to determination under section 91C
- 91E Review of indefinite notification requirements: appeals
- 91F Review of indefinite notification requirements: guidance
- 92 Certificates for purposes of Part 2
- 93 Abolished homosexual offencesActs which are no longer offences
- Information for verification
- 94 Part 2: supply of information to Secretary of State etc. for verification
- 95 Part 2: supply of information by Secretary of State etc.
- Information about release or transfer
- 96 Information about release or transfer
- Offences committed in a country outside the United Kingdom
- 96A Offences committed in a country outside the United Kingdom
- 96AA Convictions, etc. in a country which is not a member of the Council of Europe
- Offences outside the United Kingdom: notification requirements
- 96ZA Offences outside the United Kingdom: notification requirements
- 96ZB Young offenders: parental notices
- 96ZC Modifications of notification requirements
- 96ZD Appeal against the issue of a notice under section 96ZA or 96ZB
- Entry and examination of home address
- 96A Police powers of entry to and examination of relevant offender's home address
- Entry and search of home address
- 96B Power of entry and search of relevant offender's home address
- Notification orders
- 97 Notification orders: applications and grounds
- 98 Notification orders: effect
- 99 Sections 97 and 98: relevant offences
- 100 Interim notification orders
- 101 Notification orders and interim notification orders: appeals
- 102 Appeals in relation to notification orders and interim notification orders: Scotland
- 103 Sections 97 to 100: Scotland
- Sexual harm prevention orders (England and Wales)
- 103A Sexual harm prevention orders: applications and grounds
- 103B Section 103A: supplemental
- 103C SHPOs: effect
- 103CA SHPOs: requirements included in order etc.
- 103D SHPOs: prohibitions on foreign travel
- 103E SHPOs: variations, renewals and discharges
- 103F Interim SHPOs
- 103G SHPOs and interim SHPOs: notification requirements
- 103H SHPOs and interim SHPOs: appeals
- 103I Offence: breach of SHPO or interim SHPO etc
- 103J SHPOs and interim SHPOs: guidance
- 103K SHPOs and interim SHPOs: supplementary
- Sexual offences prevention orders (Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- 104 Sexual offences prevention orders: applications and grounds
- 105 SOPOs: further provision as respects Scotland
- 106 Section 104: supplemental
- 107 SOPOs: effect
- 108 SOPOs: variations, renewals and discharges
- 109 Interim SOPOs
- 110 Appeals in relation to SOPOs and interim SOPOs: Northern Ireland
- 111 Appeals in relation to SOPOs and interim SOPOs: Scotland
- 111A SOPO and interim SOPO requirements: Scotland
- 112 Sections 104 and 106 to 109: Scotland
- 113 Offence: breach of SOPO or interim SOPO etc
- Foreign travel orders (Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- 114 Foreign travel orders: applications and grounds
- 115 Section 114: interpretation
- 116 Section 114: qualifying offenders
- 116 Section 114: qualifying offenders
- 117 Foreign travel orders: effect
- 117A Surrender of passports: Northern Ireland
- 117B Surrender of passports: Scotland
- 118 Foreign travel orders: variations, renewals and discharges
- 119 Appeals in relation to foreign travel orders: Northern Ireland
- 120 Appeals in relation to foreign travel orders: Scotland
- 121 Sections 114 to 118: Scotland
- 122 Offence: breach of foreign travel order etc
- Sexual risk orders (England and Wales)
- 122A Sexual risk orders: applications, grounds and effect
- 122B Section 122A: interpretation
- 122BA Sexual risk orders: requirements included in order etc.
- 122C Sexual risk orders: prohibitions on foreign travel
- 122D Sexual risk order: variations, renewals and discharges
- 122E Interim sexual risk orders
- 122F Sexual risk orders and interim sexual risk orders: notification requirements
- 122G Sexual risk orders and interim sexual risk orders: appeals
- 122H Offence: breach of sexual risk order or interim sexual risk order etc
- 122I Effect of conviction etc of an offence under section 122H etc
- 122J Sexual risk orders and interim sexual risk orders: guidance
- 122K Sexual risk orders and interim sexual risk orders: supplementary
- Risk of sexual harm orders (Northern Ireland)
- 123 Risk of sexual harm orders: applications, grounds and effect
- 124 Section 123: interpretation
- 125 RSHOs: variations, renewals and discharges
- 126 Interim RSHOs
- 127 RSHOs and interim RSHOs: appeals
- 128 Offence: breach of RSHO or interim RSHOetc
- 129 Effect of conviction etc. of an offence under section 128 etc
- Power to amend Schedules 3 and 5
- 130 Power to amend Schedules 3 and 5
- General
- 131 Young offenders: application
- 132 Offences with thresholds
- 132A Disapplication of time limit for complaints
- 133 Part 2: general interpretation
- 134 Conditional discharges and probation orders
- 135 Interpretation: mentally disordered offenders
- 136 Part 2: Northern Ireland
- 136ZA Application of orders throughout the United Kingdom
- 136ZB Order ceases to have effect when new order made
- 136ZC Variation , renewal or discharge of sexual harm prevention order by court in Northern Ireland
- 136ZD Variation , renewal or discharge of sexual risk order by court in Northern Ireland
- 136ZE Variation, renewal or discharge of sexual harm prevention order etc by court in Scotland
- 136ZF Variation, renewal or discharge of sexual risk order etc by court in Scotland
- 136ZG Variation, renewal or discharge of sexual harm prevention order made in Scotland by court in England and Wales
- 136ZH Variation, renewal or discharge of sexual offences prevention order or foreign travel order by court in England and Wales
- 136ZI Variation, renewal or discharge of sexual risk order made in Scotland by court in England and Wales
- 136ZJ Variation, renewal or discharge of risk of sexual harm order by court in England and Wales
- Part 2A Closure orders
- Basic definitions
- 136A Meaning of specified prostitution offence etc.
- Closure notices
- 136B Power to authorise issue of closure notice: prostitution or pornography offences
- 136BA Power to authorise issue of closure notice: child sex offences in England and Wales
- 136C Contents and service of closure notice
- Closure orders
- 136D Power to make a closure order
- 136E Making of closure orders: supplementary provision
- Enforcement
- 136F Closure order: enforcement
- 136G Closure of premises: offences
- Extension and discharge of closure orders
- 136H Applications for extension of closure order
- 136I Orders extending closure orders
- 136J Discharge of closure order
- Appeals against closure orders etc.
- 136K Appeals
- Access to other premises
- 136L Access to other premises
- Reimbursement of costs, compensation etc.
- 136M Reimbursement of costs
- 136N Exemption from liability for certain damages
- 136O Compensation
- General
- 136P Guidance
- 136Q Issue of closure notices by persons other than police officers
- 136R Interpretation
- Part 3 General
- 137 Service courts
- 138 Orders and regulations
- 138 Orders and regulations
- 139 Minor and consequential amendments
- 140 Repeals and revocations
- 141 Commencement
- 142 Extent, saving etc.
- 143 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Extension of gender-specific prostitution offences
- Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69)
- Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57)
- Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c. 44)
- SCHEDULE 2 Sexual offences to which section 72(1) to (3) applies
- England and Wales
- Northern Ireland
- General
- SCHEDULE 3 Sexual offences for purposes of Part 2
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Service offences
- General
- SCHEDULE 3A Review of indefinite notification requirements
- Introductory
- Initial review: applications
- Initial review: determination of application
- Initial review: notice of decision
- Initial review: application to Crown Court
- Further reviews
- Guidance
- Discharge in Great Britain
- SCHEDULE 4 Procedure for ending notification requirements for abolished homosexual offencesProcedure for ending notification requirements for acts which are no longer offences
- Scope of Schedule
- Application for decision
- Decision by Secretary of State
- Effect of decision
- Right of appeal
- Interpretation
- Transitional provision
- SCHEDULE 5 Other offences for purposes of Part 2
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Service offences
- General
- SCHEDULE 6 Minor and consequential amendments
- Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)
- Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (c. 89)
- Offences against the Persons Act 1861 (c. 100)
- Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (c. 69)
- Vagrancy Act 1898 (c. 39)
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)
- Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67)
- Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18)
- Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2.c. 19)
- Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 37)
- Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)
- Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72)
- Indecency with Children Act 1960 (c. 33)
- Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60)
- Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)
- Theft Act 1968 (c. 60)
- Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34 (N.I.))
- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53)
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (c. 82)
- Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)
- Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 (c. 17)
- Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (c. 26)
- Protection of Children Act 1978 (c. 37)
- Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27))
- Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
- Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)
- Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)
- Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c. 34)
- Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)
- Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 39)
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 (c. 53)
- Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act 1996 (c. 29)
- Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 (c. 39)
- Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51)
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)
- Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))
- Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20))
- Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)
- Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2789 (N.I. 8))
- Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)
- Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 (c. 43)
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 44)
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)
- Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)
- Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 (c. 41)
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)
- Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(S.I. 2003/417 (N.I. 4))
- Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10))
- Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13))
- SCHEDULE 7 Repeals and revocations
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