{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-172",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-172.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/42",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/172",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "172",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under—\n(a) section 70 of the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18),\n(b) section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19), or\n(c) section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53),\nof which the corresponding civil offence (within the meaning of that Act) is an offence under a provision listed in any of paragraphs 1 to 63A .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 172 substituted (21.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(1), 60, Sch. 10 para. 59(4); S.I. 2005/579, art. 2(b)(c)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/schedule/5/paragraph/172",
    "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."
}