Article 2 Offences under the law of England and Wales or the laws of England and Wales and Scotland

In Schedule 7 remove the entries in paragraphs 8 and 9 and add the following entries—

“8.

An offence listed in Part 2 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003^f1 (specified sexual offences).

8A.

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1956^f2—

(a)

section 8 (intercourse with a defective);

(b)

section 12 (buggery); and

(c)

section 18 (fraudulent abduction of an heiress).

8B.

An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000^f3 (abuse of trust).

9.

An offence under the law of England and Wales which leads, or is intended to lead, to a person’s death or to physical injury to a person.

9A.

An offence of arson under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971^f4 (destroying or damaging property).”.