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  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
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  "text": "(1) An offence under Article 72A of that Order (sending etc an unwanted sexual image) if—\n(a) the offence was committed for the purpose mentioned in Article 72A(3)(a) (sexual gratification), and\n(b) the relevant condition is met.\n(2) Where the offender was under 18, the relevant condition is that the offender is or has been sentenced in respect of the offence to imprisonment for a term of at least 12 months.\n(3) In any other case, the relevant condition is that—\n(a) the victim was under 18, or\n(b) the offender, in respect of the offence or finding, is or has been—\n(i) sentenced to a term of imprisonment,\n(ii) detained in a hospital, or\n(iii) made the subject of a community sentence of at least 12 months.",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 92A-92V inserted \"after paragraph 92\" (2.2.2009) by virtue of The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1779), arts. 2(3), 13; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2"
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 92VA, 92VB inserted (27.11.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), s. 30(2), Sch. 1 para. 4; S.R. 2023/188, art. 3(b)"
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