Article 15A Marriage and other relationshipsF1

This Article applies where, in proceedings for an offence under Article 15(1) relating to an indecent photograph F2or pseudo-photograph of a child, the defendant proves that the photograph or pseudo-photograph was of the child aged 16 or over, and that at the time of the offence charged the child and he—

This Article also applies where, in proceedings for an offence under Article 15(1) relating to an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child, the defendant proves that the photograph or pseudo-photograph was of the child aged 16 or over, and that at the time when he obtained it the child and he—

This Article applies whether the photograph or pseudo-photograph showed the child alone or with the defendant, but not if it showed any other person.

If sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue as to whether the child consented to the photograph or pseudo-photograph being in the defendant's possession, or as to whether the defendant reasonably believed that the child so consented, the defendant is not guilty of the offence unless it is proved that the child did not so consent and that the defendant did not reasonably believe that the child so consented.