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Paragraph 13 Offences in Northern Ireland

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An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, except for–

(a)

the offence of common assault or battery; or

(b)

in a case where the offender was under 20 at the time the offence was committed, an offence contrary to sections 5 or 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17 and gross indecency between males), or an offence contrary to section 61 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (buggery);

(c)

in a case where the offender was under 18 at the time the offence was committed, an offence contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (assault occasioning actual bodily harm).