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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suppression-of-terrorism-act-1978/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/26",
  "legislation_title": "Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suppression-of-terrorism-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003—\n(a) sections 1 or 2 (rape, assault by penetration);\n(b) section 4 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent), where the activity caused involved penetration within subsection (4)(a) to (d) of that section;\n(c) section 5 or 6 (rape of a child under 13, assault of a child under 13 by penetration);\n(d) section 8 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity), where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused;\n(e) section 30 (sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice), where the touching involved penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section;\n(f) section 31 (causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity), where an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d) of that section was caused.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), ss. 140, 141, Sch. 6 para. 23(3); S.I. 2004/874, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:22:57.736758+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."
}