Section 63 Reasonable belief about person's ageI1
Where a person is charged with an offence under this Part of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a child it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—
he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
he reasonably believed that the individual was not a child.
Where a person is charged with an offence under this Part of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a young person it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—
he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
he reasonably believed that the individual was not a young person.
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S. 63 in force at 1.9.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)