Regulation 14 Amendment of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009I1

Scotland

Section 39 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009^f1 (defences in relation to offences against older children) is amended as follows—

(a)

in subsection (2)(a)(ia) and (b)(ia)^f2 after “of 16” insert “and the court before which the charge is brought considers it is appropriate for that conviction to have that effect”, and

(b)

in subsection (5)(aa)^f3 omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 14 in force at 31.12.2020 (in force on IP completion day in accordance with 2020 c. 1, s. 39(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Footnotes

f1: 2009 asp 9; section 39 was amended by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, section 44 and schedule 4, paragraph 13.
f2: Section 39(2)(a)(ia) and (2)(b)(ia) were added by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, schedule 4, paragraphs 13(2)(a) and (b).
f3: Section 39(5)(aa) was added by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, schedule 4, paragraph 13(3).