Paragraph 3 Offences in Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 1 words inserted by Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) 2010 Sch. para. 7(a)
Sch. 1 para. 2(b) word omitted by Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) 2010 Sch. para. 7(b)(i)
Sch. 1 para. 2(d) and word inserted by Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) 2010 Sch. para. 7(b)(ii)
Sch. 1 para. 3(b) word omitted by Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) 2010 Sch. para. 7(c)(i)
Sch. 1 para. 3(d) and word word omitted by Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) 2010 Sch. para. 7(c)(ii)

The offences are–

(a)

an offence contrary to subsection (3) of section 5 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (intercourse with a girl between 13 and 16);

(b)

an offence under section 13(5)^f1 of that Act of committing or being party to the commission of, or procuring or attempting to procure the commission of a homosexual act with a person under the age of 16 years; and

(c)

an offence under section 6 of that Act (indecent behaviour towards a girl between 12 and 16).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 5(3) was amended by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 c. 48, section 14.