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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-11",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800936",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Articles 9 and : relevant acts",
  "text": "In relation to an offence to which Articles 9 and apply, references in those Articles to the relevant act and to the complainant are to be read as follows—\nOffence\nRelevant Act\nAn offence under Article (rape)\nThe defendant intentionally penetrating, with his penis, the vagina, anus or mouth of another person (“the complainant”).\nAn offence under Article 6 (assault by penetration)\nThe defendant intentionally penetrating, with a part of his body or anything else, the vagina or anus of another person (“the complainant”), where the penetration is sexual.\nAn offence under Article 7 (sexual assault)\nThe defendant intentionally touching another person (“the complainant”), where the touching is sexual.\nAn offence under Article 8 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent)\nThe defendant intentionally causing another person (“the complainant”) to engage in an activity, where the activity is sexual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800936/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:19.541187+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}