{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-10/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-10/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of—\n(a) Article 3 of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)) (indecent photographs of children);\n(b) Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence, Etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1847 (N.I. 17)) (possession of indecent photographs of children);\n(c) the following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2))—\n(i) Articles 12 to 15 (rape and other offences against children under 13);\n(ii) Articles 16 to 22E (child sex offences);\n(iii) Articles 23 to 26 (abuse of position of trust);\n(iv) Articles 32 and 33 (familial child sex offences);\n(v) Articles 37 to 40 (sexual offences against children);\n(vi) Article 42A (child sexual abuse image-generators);\n(d) section 62 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (possession of prohibited image of child);\n(e) section 69 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (possession of paedophile manual).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/10/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+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."
}