# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

After section 66A insert—
“Sharing semen-defaced image
66AA (1) A person (A) commits an offence if—
(a) A intentionally shares a semen-defaced image of another person (B),
(b) B does not consent to the sharing of the semen-defaced image, and
(c) A does not reasonably believe that B consents.
(2) A “semen-defaced image” of a person (B) is—
(a) a photograph or film which—
(i) shows, or appears to show, B, and
(ii) has, or appears to have, semen on it or in its immediate vicinity, or
(b) a photograph or film of a photograph or film within paragraph (a).
(3) “Photograph” includes the negative as well as the positive version.
(4) “Film” means a moving image.
(5) References to a photograph or film also include—
(a) an image, whether made or altered by computer graphics or in any other way, which appears to be a photograph or film,
(b) a copy of a photograph, film or image within paragraph (a), and
(c) data stored by any means which is capable of conversion into a photograph, film or image within paragraph (a).
(6) A person “shares” a semen-defaced image if the person, by any means, gives or shows it to another person or makes it available to another person.
(7) But a provider of an internet service by means of which a semen-defaced image is shared is not to be regarded as a person who shares it.
(8) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a) “consent” to the sharing of a semen-defaced image includes general consent covering the particular act of sharing as well as specific consent to the particular act of sharing, and
(b) whether a belief is reasonable is to be determined having regard to all the circumstances including any steps A has taken to ascertain whether B consents.
(9) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for sharing the semen-defaced image.
(10) A person (A) who shares a semen-defaced image of another person (B) does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if—
(a) the semen-defaced image had, or A reasonably believes that it had, been previously publicly shared, and
(b) B had, or A reasonably believes that A had, consented to the previous sharing.
(11) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term for summary offences or a fine (or both).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/13/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-13/paragraph-2
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