{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-50.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 63(6) (possession of extreme pornographic images) after “subsection (7)” insert “ or (7A) ”.\n(3) In section 66 (defence: participation in consensual acts)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(b) for the words from “within” to the end substitute “ within subsection (7)(a) to (c) or (7A) of that section (but does not portray an act within subsection (7)(d) of that section). ”;\n(b) in subsection (2) after paragraph (c) insert\n“; and\n(d) if the image portrays an act within section 63(7A), that what is portrayed as non-consensual penetration was in fact consensual.”.\n(4) In section 67 (penalties for possession of extreme pornographic images) in subsection (5)(b) at the end add “ or (7A)(a) or (b). ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/21/section/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:52.150204+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}