Section 7: Miscellaneous amendments as to sexual offences
Section 7 introduces Schedule 2 to the Act which:
(1)
makes certain amendments to references in the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 to certain forms of child abuse;
(2)
extends offences that relate to the recording of indecent images so that they apply also to streaming or other transmission of such images;
(3)
makes minor amendments regarding the offences of engaging in sexual communication with a child; and
(4)
makes a clarifying minor amendment relating to the offence of paying of sexual services of a person.
