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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-112",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/112",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "112",
  "heading": "Technology testing defence: meaning of “relevant offence”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 111 “relevant offence” means—\n(a) an offence listed in subsection (2),\n(b) an offence listed in subsection (3) (Scotland), and\n(c) an offence listed in subsection (4) (Northern Ireland).\n(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a)are offences under any of the following provisions—\nAct\nProvision\nObscene Publications Act 1959\nSection 2 (publication of obscene article)\nProtection of Children Act 1978\nSection 1(1)(a), (b) or (c) (indecent photographs of children)\nCriminal Justice Act 1988\nSection 160(1) (indecent photographs of children)\nCommunications Act 2003\nSection 127(1) (sending indecent messages via public electronic communications network)\nSexual Offences Act 2003\nSection 46A (child sexual abuse image-generators)\nSection 66B(1) (sharing intimate photograph or film)\nSection 66E(1) (creating purported intimate image of adult)\nSection 66F(1) or (2) (requesting creation of purported intimate image of adult)\nCriminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008\nSection 63 (possession of extreme pornographic images), as it has effect under the law of England and Wales\nSection 67A (possession or publication of pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation), as it has effect under the law of England and Wales\nCoroners and Justice Act 2009\nSection 62 (possession of prohibited images of children), as it has effect under the law of England and Wales\nSerious Crime Act 2015\nSection 69 (possession of paedophile manual), as it has effect under the law of England and Wales\n(3) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(b) are offences under any of the following provisions—\nAct\nProvision\nCivic Government (Scotland) Act 1982\nSection 51 (obscene material)\nSection 51A (extreme pornography)\nSection 51D (pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation)\nSection 52(1)(a), (b) or (c) (indecent photographs of children)\nSection 52A (indecent photographs of children)\nSection 52D (child sexual abuse image- generators)\nSexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009\nSection 41A (possession of advice or guidance about abusing children sexually or creating CSA images)\nAbusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016\nSection 2 (disclosing or threatening to disclose intimate photograph or film)\n(4) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(c) are—\n(a) an offence under the common law of Northern Ireland of publishing an indecent or obscene article;\n(b) offences under any of the following provisions—\nAct / Order\nProvision\nProtection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17))\nArticle 3(1)(a), (b) or (c) (indecent photographs of children)\nCriminal Justice (Evidence, Etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1847 (N.I. 17))\nArticle 15(1) (indecent photographs of children)\nSexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2))\nArticle 42A (child sexual abuse image-generators)\nCriminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008\nSection 63 (possession of extreme pornographic images), as it has effect under the law of Northern Ireland\nSection 67A (possession or publication of pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation), as it has effect under the law of Northern Ireland\nCoroners and Justice Act 2009\nSection 62 (possession of prohibited images of children), as it has effect under the law of Northern Ireland\nSerious Crime Act 2015\nSection 69 (possession of paedophile manual), as it has effect under the law of Northern Ireland\n(5) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to change the meaning of “relevant offence”.\n(6) The Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Ministers before making regulations under this section containing provision that would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if it were contained in an Act of that Parliament.\n(7) The Secretary of State must consult the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland before making regulations under this section containing provision that—\n(a) would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if it were contained in an Act of that Assembly, and\n(b) would not, if it were contained in a Bill in the Northern Ireland Assembly, result in the Bill requiring the consent of the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 112 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 255(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/112",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:58.060228+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."
}