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Section 145 Offence of offering to carry out virginity testing: Northern IrelandI1I2

Northern Ireland

(1)

It is an offence under the law of Northern Ireland—

(a)

for a person in Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland.

(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 144(4);

  • “virginity testing” has the meaning given by section 144(2).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 145 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)

I2

S. 145 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)