{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-44A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-44A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/44A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "44A",
  "heading": "Sexual offences",
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009—\n(a) section 54 (incitement to commit certain sexual acts outside Scotland),\n(b) section 54A (offences committed outside Scotland),\n(c) section 55 (offences committed outside the United Kingdom; child victims).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 8A, 8B inserted (S.) (8.2.2016) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), arts. 1(2), 3(8) (with arts. 5-10, 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8A paras. 44A-44D inserted (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(26)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8A/paragraph/44A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:18.907526+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."
}