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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) against a person under the age of 16—\n(a) section 1 (rape),\n(b) section 2 (assault by penetration),\n(c) section 3 (sexual assault),\n(d) section 4 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent),\n(e) section 16 (abuse of position of trust: sexual activity with a child under 18),\n(f) section 17 (abuse of position of trust: causing or inciting a child under 18 to engage in sexual activity),\n(g) section 18 (abuse of position of trust: sexual activity in the presence of a child under 18),\n(h) section 19 (abuse of position of trust: causing a child under 18 to watch a sexual act),\n(i) section 25 (sexual activity with a family member under 18),\n(j) section 26 (inciting a family member under 18 to engage in sexual activity),\n(k) section 38 (care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder),\n(l) section 39 (care workers: causing or inciting a person with a mental disorder to engage in sexual activity),\n(m) section 40 (care workers: sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder),\n(n) section 41 (care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act),\n(o) section 47 (paying for sexual services of a person under 18),\n(p) section 48 (causing or inciting a child under 18 to become a prostitute or to be involved in pornography),\n(q) section 49 (controlling the activities of a child under 18 in relation to prostitution or involvement in pornography),\n(r) section 50 (arranging or facilitating the prostitution or involvement in pornography of a child under 18),\n(s) section 61 (administering a substance with intention of stupefying etc. for sexual activity),\n(t) section 66 (exposure of genitals),\n(u) section 67 (voyeurism).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/9/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
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  },
  "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."
}