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Section 157 Offence of offering to carry out hymenoplasty: 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 hymenoplasty in the United Kingdom or hymenoplasty that has a sufficient jurisdictional connection, or

(b)

for a person anywhere to offer to carry out hymenoplasty if the person is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Northern Ireland.

(2)

Hymenoplasty 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 156(4);

  • “hymenoplasty” has the meaning given by section 156(2).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 157 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)

I2

S. 157 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)