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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-19/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-19/paragraph-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/19/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 listed in column 1 of the following table that meets the condition (if any) listed in relation to it in column 2—\nProvision of the Sexual Offences Act 2003\nCondition\n(a) Section 1 (rape)\n(b) Section 2 (assault by penetration)\n(c) Section 4 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(d) Section 5 (rape of a child under 13)\n(e) Section 6 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration)\n(f) Section 8 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(g) Section 30 (sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(h) Section 31 (causing or inciting a person with a mental disorder to engage in sexual activity)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(i) Section 34 (inducement, threat or deception to procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(j) Section 35 (causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement etc)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(k) Section 47 (paying for sexual services of a child) against a person aged under 16\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life\n(l) Section 62 (committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence)\nThe offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 19 para. 20 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2020/17",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/19/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}