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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-177DA",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
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  "path": "section/177DA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "177DA",
  "heading": "Purported intimate images to be treated as used for purpose of certain offences",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a person commits an offence under section 42 as respects which the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is an offence under section 66E of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (creating purported intimate image of adult).\n(2) The purported intimate image to which the offence relates, and anything containing it, is to be regarded for the purposes of section 177C(3) (and section 94A(3)(b)(ii)) as used for the purposes of committing the offence (including where it is committed by aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 177B-177F and cross-heading inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 22.11.2023 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 14(4), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(f); S.I. 2023/1102, reg. 3"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 177DA inserted (6.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 138(4), 142(1); S.I. 2026/31, reg. 2"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:06:14.237699+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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