Paragraph 36 F1

United Kingdom

(1)

Section 4 of the M1Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (anonymity of complainants in rape etc. cases) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (a)—

(i)

after the word “woman” in both places where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “ or man ”;

(ii)

for the words “woman’s name nor her address” there shall be substituted the words “ name nor the address of the woman or man ”;

(iii)

after the words “of her” there shall be inserted the words “ or him ”;

(iv)

for the words “her lifetime” there shall be substituted the words “ that person’s lifetime ”; and

(v)

for the words “identify her” there shall be substituted the words “ identify that person ”; and

(b)

in paragraph (b)—

(i)

after the word “woman” there shall be inserted the words “ or man ”; and

(ii)

for the words “her lifetime” there shall be substituted the words “ that person’s lifetime ”.

(3)

In subsection (5A), after the word “woman” there shall be inserted the words “ or man ”.

(4)

In subsection (5B), for the words “woman’s peace or comfort” there shall be substituted the words “ peace or comfort of the woman or man ”.

(5)

In subsection (6), in the definition of “complainant”, after the word “woman” there shall be inserted the words “ or man ”.

Annotations

F1: Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

E1: The provisions of Sch. 10 are co-extensive with the enactments they affect, see s. 172(16)