Legislation - Sexual Offences Flashcards
Section 1 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Rape
A person (A) commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus or mouth of another person (B) with his penis,
(b) B does not consent to the penetration, and
(c) A does not reasonably believe that B consents.
Section 2 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Assault by Penetration
A person (A) commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally penetrates the vagina or anus of another person (B) with a part of his body of anything else,
(b) the penetration is sexual,
(c) B does not consent to the penetration, and
(d) A does not reasonably believe that B consents.
Section 3 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Sexual Assault
A person (A) commits an offence if he:
(a) intentionally touches another person (B),
(b) the touching is sexual,
(c) B does not consent to the touching, and
(d) A does not reasonably believe that B consents.
Section 4 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Causing a Person to Engage in Sexual Activity Without Consent
A person (A) commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally causes another person (B) to engage in an activity,
(b) the activity is sexual,
(c) B does not consent to engaging in the activity, and
(d) A does not reasonably believe that B consents.
Section 9 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Sexual Activity with a Child
A person aged 18 or over (A) commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally touches another person (B),
(b) the touching is sexual, and
(c) either -
(i) B is under 16 and A does not reasonably believe that B is 16 or over, or
(ii) B is under 13
Section 13 Sexual Offences Act 2003:
A person under 18 commits an offence if he does anything which would be an offence under any of the sections 9 to 12 if he were aged 18.
Section 15 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Meeting a child following sexual grooming
A person aged 18 or over (A) commits an offence if:
(a) A has met or communicated with another person (B) on one or more occasions and subsequently -
(i) A intentionally meets B,
(ii) A travels with the intention of meeting B in any part of the world or arranges to meet B in any part of the world, or
(iii) B travels with the intention of meeting A in any part of the world,
(b) A intends to do anything to or in respect of B, during or after the meeting mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) to (iii) and in any part of the world, which if done will involve the commission by A of a relevant offence,
(c) B is under 16, and
(d) A does not reasonably believe that B is 16 or over.
Section 15A Sexual Offences Act 2003: Sexual Communication with a Child
A person aged 18 or over (A) commits an offence if:
(a) for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, A intentionally communicates with another person (B),
(b) the communication is sexual or is intended to encourage B to make, whether to A or to another, a communication that is sexual, and
(c) B is under 16 and A does not reasonably believe that B is 16 or over.
Section 51A Sexual Offences Act 2003: Soliciting
It is an offence for a person in the street or public place to solicit another (B) for the purpose of obtaining B’s sexual services as a prostitute.
Section 52 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Causing or Inciting
A person commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally causes or incites another person to become a prostitute in any part of the world, and
(b) he does so for or in the expectation of gain for himself or a third person.
Section 53 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Controlling
A person commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally controls any of the activities of another person relating to that person’s prostitution in any part of the world, and
(b) he does so for or in the expectation of gain for himself or a third person.
Section 66 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Exposure
A person commits an offence if:
(a) he intentionally exposes his genitals, and
(b) he intends that someone will see them and be caused alarm or distress.
Section 67 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Voyeurism
A person commits an offence if:
(a) for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, he observes another person doing a private act, and
(b) he knows that the other person does not consent to be observed for his sexual gratification.
