# Health and Care Act 2022, Section 137: Offence of offering to carry out virginity testing: England and Wales

Extent: E+W

(1) It is an offence under the law of England and Wales—
(a) for a person in England and Wales to offer to carry out virginity testing in the United Kingdom or virginity testing that has a sufficient jurisdictional connection, or
(b) for a person anywhere to offer to carry out virginity testing if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in England and Wales.
(2) Virginity testing has a sufficient jurisdictional connection for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) if it is carried out in relation to a person who is—
(a) a United Kingdom national, or
(b) habitually resident in the United Kingdom.
(3) In this section—
“United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by section 136(4);
“virginity testing” has the meaning given by section 136(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/section/137 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/section-137
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