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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-1/part-II/crossheading-sexual-offences-act-2003",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/48",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/II/crossheading/sexual-offences-act-2003",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003",
  "text": "Sections 1 and 2 (rape, assault by penetration).\nSection 4 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent), where the activity caused involved penetration within subsection (4)(a) to (d) of that section.\nSections 5 and 6 (rape of a child under 13, assault of a child under 13 by penetration).\nSection 8 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity), where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused.\nSection 30 (sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice), where the touching involved penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section.\nSection 31 (causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity), where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 2: entries inserted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 6 para. 27; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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  "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."
}