{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/42",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A reference in paragraph 1 or 1A ... to an offence includes—\n(a) a reference to an attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit that offence; and\n(b) a reference to aiding and abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of that offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 inserted (29.6.2021) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), s. 90(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 omitted (2.2.2009) by virtue of The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1779), arts. 2(3), 12(b); S.R. 2008/510, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3(a) modified (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 63(1), 94, Sch. 6 para. 47 (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:48.870823+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."
}