{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/42",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 1 of the Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 (attacks and threats of attacks on protected persons)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(a)—\n(i) omit “rape,”;\n(ii) after “Explosive Substances Act 1883” insert “ or an offence listed in subsection (1A) ”;\n(b) after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) The offences mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are—\n(a) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, rape;\n(b) an offence under section 1 or 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;\n(c) an offence under section 4 of that Act, where the activity caused involved penetration within subsection (4)(a) to (d) of that section;\n(d) an offence under section 5 or 6 of that Act;\n(e) an offence under section 8 of that Act, where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused;\n(f) an offence under section 30 of that Act, where the touching involved penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section;\n(g) an offence under section 31 of that Act, where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/schedule/6/paragraph/22",
    "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."
}