{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/schedule-3/part-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/schedule-3/part-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person falls within this paragraph if he has been convicted of any of the following offences committed at the age of 18 or over or has been cautioned by a constable in respect of any such offence which, at the time the caution was given, he admitted—\n(a) an offence under section 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (intercourse with defective) by having sexual intercourse with a child;\n(b) an offence under section 9 of that Act (procurement of defective) by procuring a child to have sexual intercourse;\n(c) an offence under section 10 of that Act (incest by a man) by having sexual intercourse with a child;\n(d) an offence under section 11 of that Act (incest by a woman) by allowing a child to have sexual intercourse with her;\n(e) subject to paragraph 4, an offence under section 12 of that Act by committing buggery with a child under the age of 16;\n(f) subject to paragraph 4, an offence under section 13 of that Act by committing an act of gross indecency with a child;\n(g) an offence under section 21 of that Act (abduction of defective from parent or guardian) by taking a child out of the possession of her parent or guardian;\n(h) an offence under section 22 of that Act (causing prostitution of women) in relation to a child;\n(i) an offence under section 23 of that Act (procuration of girl under 21) by procuring a child to have sexual intercourse with a third person;\n(j) an offence under section 27 of that Act (permitting defective to use premise for intercourse) by inducing or suffering a child to resort to or be on premises for the purpose of having sexual intercourse;\n(k) an offence under section 29 of that Act (causing or encouraging prostitution of defective) by causing or encouraging the prostitution of a child;\n(l) an offence under section 30 of that Act (man living on earnings of prostitution) in a case where the prostitute is a child;\n(m) an offence under section 31 of that Act (woman exercising control over prostitute) in a case where the prostitute is a child;\n(n) an offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (sexual intercourse with patients) by having sexual intercourse with a child;\n(o) an offence under section 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (procuring others to commit homosexual acts) by—\n(i) procuring a child to commit an act of buggery with any person; or\n(ii) procuring any person to commit an act of buggery with a child;\n(p) an offence under section 5 of that Act (living on earnings of male prostitution) by living wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution of a child; and\n(q) an offence under section 9(1)(a) of the Theft Act 1968 (burglary), by entering a building or part of a building with intent to rape a child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1959 c. 72."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1967 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1968 c. 60."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/389/schedule/3/part/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:30.220847+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}