# Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, Section 16: Reasonable belief


In determining, for the purposes of Part 1, whether a person's belief as to consent or knowledge was reasonable, regard is to be had to whether the person took any steps to ascertain whether there was consent or, as the case may be, knowledge; and if so, to what those steps were.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/9/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009/section-16
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