# The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009, Paragraph 182: Special measures


(1) In Chapter 6 of Part 12, “sexual offence” includes an SDA civil offence as respects which the corresponding civil offence is—
(a) an offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;
(b) a relevant superseded offence, within the meaning of section 62 of the 1999 Act;
(c) an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit, or inciting the commission of, an offence within paragraph (a) or (b) above; or
(d) an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 where the offence (or one of the offences) which the offender intended or believed would be committed is an offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
(2) In this paragraph—
“SDA civil offence” means an offence under section 70 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 42 of NDA 1957;
“the corresponding civil offence”, in relation to an SDA civil offence—, means—
(a) the act or omission constituting the SDA civil offence; or
(b) if that act or omission is not punishable by the law of England and Wales, the equivalent act done or omission made in England or Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479216/schedule/2/paragraph/182 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-182
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