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Section 141 Offence of offering to carry out virginity testing: ScotlandI1I2

Scotland

(1)

It is an offence under the law of Scotland—

(a)

for a person in Scotland 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 Scotland.

(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 140(4);

  • “virginity testing” has the meaning given by section 140(2).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 141 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)

I2

S. 141 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)