{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2008/1769",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Articles 9 and 10: relevant acts",
  "text": "In relation to an offence to which Articles 9 and 10 apply, references in those Articles to the relevant act and to the complainant are to be read as follows—\nOffence\nRelevant Act\nAn offence under Article 5 (rape)\nThe defendant intentionally penetrating, with his penis, the vagina, anus or mouth of another person (“the complainant”).\nAn offence under Article 6 (assault by penetration)\nThe defendant intentionally penetrating, with a part of his body or anything else, the vagina or anus of another person (“the complainant”), where the penetration is sexual.\nAn offence under Article 7 (sexual assault)\nThe defendant intentionally touching another person (“the complainant”), where the touching is sexual.\nAn offence under Article 8 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent)\nThe defendant intentionally causing another person (“the complainant”) to engage in an activity, where the activity is sexual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1769/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:00.821217+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."
}