{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-22B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-22B.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/22B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22B",
  "heading": "Communicating with a person with a view to grooming a particular child",
  "text": "(1) A person aged 18 or over (A) commits an offence if—\n(a) A communicates with another person (B),\n(b) at the time of the communication, A intentionally presents himself or herself to B, to a group of persons that includes B or to the public at large as being under 18,\n(c) A’s intention in communicating with B is to establish or participate in an exchange of communications with a particular person whom A has in mind (C) with a view to subsequently committing a relevant offence against C, and\n(d) C is under 16 and A does not reasonably believe that C is 16 or over.\n(2) B and C may be the same person.\n(3) If—\n(a) A communicates with a group of persons, and\n(b) the group contains a person to whom A intentionally presents himself or herself as being under 18,\nA is to be regarded as communicating with that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 22B-22G inserted (27.11.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), ss. 4(1), 30(2); S.R. 2023/188, art. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1769/article/22B",
    "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."
}