{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-39.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/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Controlling a child: payment for sexual services and involvement in indecent images",
  "text": "(1) A person (A) commits an offence if—\n(a) A intentionally controls any of the activities of another person (B) relating to the offering or provision by B of sexual services to a third person in return for payment, and\n(b) either—\n(i) B is under 18, and A does not reasonably believe that B is 18 or over, or\n(ii) B is under 13.\n(1A) A person (A) commits an offence if—\n(a) A intentionally controls any of the activities of another person (B) relating to B’s involvement in the recording or streaming or other transmission of an indecent image of B, and\n(b) either—\n(i) B is under 18, and A does not reasonably believe that B is 18 or over, or\n(ii) B is under 13.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(1A) substituted for art. 39(1) (27.11.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), s. 30(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(2); S.R. 2023/188, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 39 heading substituted (27.11.2023) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), s. 30(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(3); S.R. 2023/188, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1769/article/39",
    "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."
}