{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2009/9",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of that order—\n(a) article 12 (rape of a child under 13),\n(b) article 13 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration),\n(c) article 14 (sexual assault of a child under 13),\n(d) article 15 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity),\n(e) article 16 (sexual activity with a child under 16),\n(f) article 17 (causing or inciting a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity),\n(g) article 18 (engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child under 16),\n(h) article 19 (causing a child under 16 to watch a sexual act),\n(i) article 20 (offences under articles 16 to 19 by a person under 18),\n(j) article 21 (arranging or facilitating commission of an offence under articles 16 to 20),\n(k) article 22 (meeting a child under 16 following sexual grooming etc.).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/9/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:36.910809+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."
}