Section 87 Section 85: reasons to suspect child sex offence may have been committedI1

For the purposes of section 85, a person (P) is given reason to suspect that a child sex offence may have been committed in each of the following cases (and no others).

The first case is where P witnesses conduct constituting a child sex offence.

The second case is where a child communicates to P something which would cause a reasonable person who engages in the same relevant activity as P to suspect that a child sex offence may have been committed.

The third case is where a person (A) communicates to P something which would cause a reasonable person who engages in the same relevant activity as P to suspect that A may have committed a child sex offence.

The fourth case is where—

The fifth case is where P sees an image, and a reasonable person who engages in the same relevant activity as P would suspect that possession of the image may constitute a child sex offence.

In this section “image” means a still or moving image, produced by any means.