{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2010/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111010334",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, in the third column of schedule 3 (alternative verdicts)―\n(a) in the entry for rape, after “Assault at common law” insert―\n“Assault with intent to commit rape at common law\nAssault with intent to commit the offence of rape under section 1 of this Act\nAssault with intent to commit the offence of rape of a young child\nAbduction with intent to commit rape at common law\nAbduction with intent to commit the offence of rape under section 1 of this Act\nAbduction with intent to commit the offence of rape of a young child\nAn offence under section 1 (incest) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995\nAn offence under section 2 (intercourse with step-child) of that Act”; and\n(b) in each of the entries for sexual assault by penetration, sexual assault, sexual coercion, rape of a young child, sexual assault on a young child by penetration, sexual assault on a young child and causing a young child to participate in a sexual activity after “Assault at common law” insert―\n“Assault with intent to commit rape at common law\nAssault with intent to commit the offence of rape under section 1 of this Act\nAssault with intent to commit the offence of rape of a young child\nAbduction with intent to commit rape at common law\nAbduction with intent to commit the offence of rape under section 1 of this Act\nAbduction with intent to commit the offence of rape of a young child”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010334/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:39.304644+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."
}