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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-consequential-amendments-order-2008/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-consequential-amendments-order-2008/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800950",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-consequential-amendments-order-2008",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 25(2)(d) omit “or Northern Ireland”.\n(3) In section 25(d)—\n(a) after paragraph (m) insert—\n“(ma) an offence under Article 5 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (rape);\n(mb) an offence under Article 6 of that Order (assault by penetration);\n(mc) an offence under Article 8 of that Order (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent) where the activity caused involved penetration within paragraph (4)(a) to (d) of that Article;\n(md) an offence under Article 12 of that Order (rape of a child under 13);\n(me) an offence under Article 13 of that Order (assault of a child under 13 by penetration);\n(mf) an offence under Article 15 of that Order (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity) where an activity involving penetration within paragraph (2)(a) to (d) of that Article was caused;\n(mg) an offence under Article 43 of that Order (sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice) where the touching involved penetration within paragraph (3)(a) to (d) of that Article;\n(mh) an offence under Article 44 of that Order (causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity) where an activity involving penetration within paragraph (3)(a) to (d) of that Article was caused;”; and\n(b) in paragraph (n) for “(m)” substitute “(mh)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 33. Section 25 was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 6 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800950/article/16",
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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."
}