{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-1976/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-1976/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/82",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-amendment-act-1976",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of “rape” etc.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (which relates to rape) a man commits rape if—\n(a) he has unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman who at the time of the intercourse does not consent to it; and\n(b) at that time he knows that she does not consent to the intercourse or he is reckless as to whether she consents to it;\nand references to rape in other enactments (including the following provisions of this Act) shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(2) repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 6 para. 20(2), Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1956 c. 69."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/82/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:34.350010+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."
}